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Sir burning of wood is a spontaneous or feasible process according to thermodynamic laws. But wood cannot burn itself . It starts burning only after igniting it. Please explain.

Abhijeet mishra

9 Years agoGrade 10

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Umakant biswal

9 Years ago

@ abhijeet
NO , burning of wood is a non spontaneous process , its strictly mentioned in ncert books chapter thermodynamics .
and if other factor will influence in that case it can be considered as spontaneous process , as there are some enviornmental condition which can glow and burn the wood , and u donot need to ignite it .
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