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Originally Posted by GeoffW1
Hi,
No, it does not, not at any temperature at which it is still a molecule.
Burning is defined as a chemical reaction releasing heat on combination with oxygen. Water does not do this, which is why firemen use it ;-]]
Water is a stable compound which requires an input of energy to split it into anything which will "burn". The usual misunderstanding is between water, which will not under any circumstances "burn", and hydrogen, which will.
This scam reappear at regular intervals whenever the crude oil price spikes.
Cheers
Geoff
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You right in what you've said....at anything like normal temps, or even those in a normal internal combustion engine. You've either got to add a catalyst to split the water molecules, or ionize the water through very high heat/energy. You are essentially burning hydrogen and oxygen and converting them back into water. That's why I wrote what I wrote....it needs a catalyst or a lot of energy, hence the difficulties in engineering materials to take the temperature.
Funny thing, it's the same for petrol as well. You have to atomise petrol (or is that "mistify"...
) to get it to burn, otherwise it just won't light up.