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Hydrogen being a highly inflammable gas and oxygen being a supporter of combustion, yet water which is a compound made up of hydrogen and oxygen is used to extinguish fire. Why?

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It is because properties of compound (`H_2O`) are different from properties of its constituting elements i.e., `H_2` and `O_2`.
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