Why don't metals burn?
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Because most atoms in a solid chunk of metal don't have access to oxygen atoms, because metals have a high ignition temperature, and because metals are good thermal conductors, they don't burn very well in everyday situations.
Metals with low boiling points, such as aluminium and magnesium, burn in the vapour phase. Metals which have high boiling points, but which melt readily, burn at the surface of a molten oxide + metal mixture, provided the oxide also melts readily but has a high boiling point.
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