Is Water Incombustible Despite Containing Hydrogen?

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in spite of the presence of hydrogen (a combustible substance),water is incombustible.
why is this so??
 

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Hydrogen burns with oxygen to form water. And it will not burn again! What can water burn into? H2O2? not quite possible...
 
ZealScience said:
Hydrogen burns with oxygen to form water. And it will not burn again! What can water burn into? H2O2? not quite possible...

why not??
 
Garvit Goel said:
why not??

Because H2O is more stable than H2O2.
 

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