If fire feeds off of oxygen(O), and there is oxygen in water (H2O), how does water extinguish fire?
In: Chemistry
In water. The oxygen is already bonded to hydrogen, so it isn’t in the water “free” to bond with any other chemicals, in order to burn it.
Basically, the hydrogen blocks the oxygen from being useful.
So when you pour water on a fire, you are smothering it with useless oxygen, so that useful oxygen can’t get to it.
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