Give reason for the following :

Paper by itself catches fire easily whereas a piece of paper wrapped around an aluminium pipe does not

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Solution

The ignition temperature of paper is less, so it catches fire easily. It does not catch fire when wrapped
around aluminium pipe because aluminium absorbs the heat, so paper does not attain its ignition
temperature.

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