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29 09 2006

tricky question: why doesn’t water burn?

Posted by: woodchurchscience in chemistry, discussion, fun stuff, ks3, ks4

any thoughts please?

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2 Responses to “tricky question: why doesn’t water burn?”

1.   Beth Says:
   October 8th, 2006 at 2:05 pm

   Because it evaporates so there wouldn’t be anything to burn

2.   woodchurchscience Says:
   October 8th, 2006 at 3:33 pm

   fair enough beth, but many substances evaporate ‘and’ catch fire e.g. petrol, so why doesn’t water catch fire? what’s so special about its structure?

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