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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.

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Pawan Prajapati
askIITians Faculty 60787 Points
3 years ago
The green leaves hold some amount of water, so its ignition temperature gets increased and it does not burn easily. On the other hand, dry leaves are waterless, so they catch fire easily (having low ignition temperature).

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