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Water contains hydrogen then why doesn't it burn?

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Hydrogen is flammable, but oxygen is not. ... When hydrogen combines with oxygen the result is water, where the atoms of hydrogen and oxygen are linked together to make a molecule with entirely different properties. You can't burn pure water, which is why we use it to put out fires instead of starting them.

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