Why can’t we just make water by smooshing hydrogen and oxygen atoms together?

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We totally can by burning hydrogen. Burning is the process of combining a chemical with oxygen and releasing heat at the same time. The reason why it burns is because two hydrogen and one oxygen molecule contain more internal energy than a single water molecule, so that energy goes away in the form of heat and light.

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