Question

If water is made up of 2 Hydrogen and 1 oxygen then why does it not catch on fire?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Hydrogen is flammable, but oxygen is not. ... When hydrogen combines with oxygen the result is water, where the atoms of hydrogen and oxygen are linked together to make a molecule with entirely different properties. You can't burn pure water, which is why we use it to put out fires instead of starting them.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

Because atoms of hydrogen and oxygen are linked together to make a different molecules which has different properties as a compound does not have the properties of its constituent elements.