Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material. Water is 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen. Every molecule is fully oxidized. It’s also a common byproduct of fire. Therefore, you can’t burn it, because it’s already burnt
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material. Water is 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen. Every molecule is fully oxidized. It’s also a common byproduct of fire. Therefore, you can’t burn it, because it’s already burnt
Burning requires carbon to be produced too. Water forming isnt strictly burning even though heat is given off. Otherwise all forms of oxidation would be classed as burning.
Are you saying hydrogen doesn’t burn because it doesn’t produce carbon?
It has to release carbon from chemical bonds to be burning, yes. This was from my old chemistry teacher back in the 1990s. Judging by the other reply about wiki it seems the definition has moved on.
They are, well a specific type of reaction anyway. Combustion is defined as a “high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke.” According to Wikipedia.