Why doesn't water burn?

cookjc | 16:30 Wed 21st Feb 2001 | How it Works

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Hydrogen and oxygen combine in liquid form to make water. Both are highly combustible gases, so what stops water from also being combustible?

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Because water is the result of burning hydrogen and oxygen - so, in effect, it's already burned.

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