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It is difficult to burn a heap of green leaves but dry leaves catch fire easily. Explain.

It is difficult to burn a heap of green leaves but dry leaves catch fire easily. Explain.

Grade:12

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Harshit Singh
askIITians Faculty 5963 Points
3 years ago
Dear Student

The green leaves contain some water due to which the ignition temperature of leaves increases and they do not catch fire easily while dry leaves have no water, so they catch fire easily.

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