hydrogen is combustible oxygen help combustion but water help extinguish
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this is because water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen gases and the properties of a compound are always different from that of its components.
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Water is composed of two elements – oxygen and hydrogen. Hydrogen is flammable, but oxygen is inflammable. Flammability refers to the ability of a combustible material with sufficient supply of oxygen to sustain enough heat energy to burn a fire even after it has been ignited. Water is made up of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen which form an ionic compound. It does not possess the attributes of these elements because a compound doesn’t have the properties of its constituent elements. Therefore, water has its own properties that help to extinguish the fire.
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