water molecule contains hydrogen & oxygen atoms.both are flammable or help to burn. but why water dont burn?

Answer 1

firstly oxygen is a supporter of combustion, not combustible. actually water molecule is already oxidised and the molecules are packed in a very strong bond, so bonds don't that easy and thus it isn't inflammable.

Answer 2

A compound mey have totally different properties than the element which form it. Properties are determined by the valence pairs and electronegativity of the two elements which combine to form compound. since when combined both hydrogen and oxygen atoms are sharing electron they exhibit totally diff. propertoes. Oxygen and hydrogen are both gases but water is a liquid because of hydrogen bonds wich canot be formed in neither free oxygen nor free hydrogen

Answer 3

Hydrogen gasoline is flammable. The hydrogen which mixes with oxygen is a factor of the compound and not a gasoline. thrilling to word that Hydrogen as a gasoline is flammable and oxygen as a gasoline helps combustion. mutually they produce a product used to place out particular kinds of fires,

Answer 4

u are forgetting a simple concept dear.
iam sure u hav studied the difference between "mixtures" and "compounds"
mixtures retain the properties of thier components but compounds do not retain the properties of thier constituent elements. now water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen combined in a fixed ratio of 2:1. it is not a mixture obtained by mixing oxygen and hydrogen in any ratio u like.
thus water being a compound doesnt hav the properties of oxygen and hydrogen that is its constituent elements. so water doesnt support combustion.

Answer 5

Hydrogen is combustble and oxygen is a supporter of combustion. But when they combine to form water they lose their previous properties and form a homogenous compound which has properties entierly different from it's constituent elements. You can refer the example of table salt .

Answer 6

There are teo reasons why water does not burn or in other words helps to put out fire, firstly when two molecule combines the individual properties are lost, secondly a whole new range of properties are formed.

Answer 7

Oygen used in burning procedure you may say, it induces burning but itself is not inflammable.
2 atoms of Hydrogen and 1 atom of Oxygen make Water which is neutral in nature and very good solvent too.
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Answer 8

Oxygen is not flammable....it supports fire.
The molecular valance is neutralized or balanced when 2 atoms of hydrogen combine with one atom of oxygen.
A good example of this is when you combine 1 atom of sodium with one atom of chlorine (both by themselves poison). you get ordinary table salt.