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Grade 9Physical Chemistry

One gram of pulverised wood burns faster than one gram piece of wood.?

Profile image of rishav kumar
12 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of Sunil Kumar FP
11 Years ago
The rate of reaction depend upon the surface area of reacting species . Powder form has more surface area than a peace of wood .Therefore takes place more rapidly .
Profile image of Priyanshi soni
6 Years ago
Because pulverised wood have much greater surface area than one gram of piece of wood  so it burn faster .