Eli5 why Is water which is 66.6% Hydrogen great for firefighting even though Hydrogen is highly inflammable?
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Oxygen really really wants to hold on to any molecule with an electron to spare. Hydrogen has one electron to spare. So oxygen will hold very tight creating one of the strongest bonds with two hydrogen atoms because oxygen has 2 spots open. Once formed it would take a lot of energy to separate them. When water evaporates it’s collecting energy and moving to a gaseous state but is water.
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