Science, asked by 2581ravi, 1 year ago

Water is neither a supporter of combustion nor a combustible substances.Give reason?

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Answered by Azhar08
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Water is usually a PRODUCT of combustion. If a fuel containing any hydrogen is burnt in a oxygen-containing gas, the result is water. Water will oxidize hot magnesium or hot carbon to their oxides.

Answered by MoAmansheikh
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Water is usually a PRODUCT of combustion. If a fuel containing any hydrogen is burnt in a oxygen-containing gas, the result is water.Water will oxidize hot magnesium or hot carbon to their oxides.Limited mobility of oxygen to support combustion, and very high thermal capacity so it tends to remove heat faster than combustion can release it.

Underwater welding does in fact produce free hydrogen, because the molten metals are more electronegative than hydrogen:



So in high temperature processing, water can dissociate into hydrogen and oxygen, and the oxygen can participate in “combustion”. Just not as water.
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