if hydrogen and oxygen are flamable - why isnt water?

Answer 1

It has to do with the properties of the chemicals' molecules. water is more stable as a compound and therefore it takes more energy then the heat of a flame to cause a reaction. Hydrogen and oxygen aren't that stable so when you add heat it allows them to start a chemical reaction that gives off more heat and light. i.e. the flames

Answer 2

Think about it, Oxygen and hydrogen are gases and gases r flamable. Apart, they have different physical and chemical properties. When they combine, their properties completely change. They become liquid, H2O, or water. They r no longer gases and hence no longer flammable.

Answer 3

Water is the result of the combustion of hydrogen and oxygen.

Answer 4

Because Chemistry has tought us when two different elements with different characteristics combine and form a molecule that molecule behaves not like the first element nor the second but has it's own characteristics that's how variety exists in Chemistry and life.

Answer 5

Because a compound does not have the properties of its constituent elements. The salt you sprinkle on your food is made from an explosive metal and a poisonous gas.

Answer 6

Hydrogen and oxygen are diatomic, whereas water has different chemistry.

Answer 7

Because you've completely changed the chemistry.

Answer 8

cause they have stabilized each other and they have invest a lot of energy in doing so, if you want to brake them apart will will have to invest energy, then you will get H and O and they will explode in contact with fire