If pure hydrogen and pure oxygen are both very flammable, why is water not?

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If pure hydrogen and pure oxygen are both very flammable, why is water not?

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The properties of a compound can be *completely different* than the properties of the individual elements it’s made from…because they are different things.

Sodium explodes if it touches water. Chlorine murders everyone who breaths it. Mix the explosive rock and the deadly gas, and you get…table salt.

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