Question 5 (c)
Give reason.
Paper by itself catches fire easily whereas a piece of paper wrapped around an aluminium pipe does not.

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Solution

Paper by itself catches fire easily because it has low ignition temperature but when wrapped around an aluminium pipe paper's ignition temperature isn't attained. This is due to aluminium metal absorbing the heat supplied to paper. So it does not catch fire easily.

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