Eli5 why Is water which is 66.6% Hydrogen great for firefighting even though Hydrogen is highly inflammable?
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Water isn’t inflammable. It has different components than its constituent parts.
When hydrogen burns, it reacts with oxygen to make water. You can’t burn it twice because there’s no potential energy to be released.
Take sodium, for example. It’s a highly reactive metal, and if you put it in water, it will ignite and possibly explode.
Chlorine is a highly reactive gas. It can cause severe chemical burns, and it’s very deadly.
Put them both together, and you get sodium chloride, table salt. You literally eat it every single day without fear.
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