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HYDROGEN IS THE HIGLY INFLAMABLE GAS AND OXYGEN HELPS TO BURN.BUT THE WATER WHICH IS MADE UP OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE HELP TO TURN OFF FIRE WHY?
When you put water on a fire it does two things. It displaces the free oxygen molecules (which have two atoms of oxygen) so that it is not available to participate in the burning process and it turns to steam, carrying heat away from the fire, cooling it to the point where it can no longer burn.


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