Why water is not suitable for fires of oil and petrol?

Last updated at Dec. 16, 2024 by

It is because of 2 reasons

 

  1. Water is heavier than oil,water sinks to bottom and oil keeps burning on top
  2. Water does not mix with oil or petrol

 

Hence,water is not able to remove fire from oil and petrol

 

Questions

Fill in the blanks:

NCERT Question 2 (d) - Fire produced by oil cannot be controlled by……………..

View Answer

 

Go Ad-free
Maninder Singh's photo - Co-founder, Teachoo

Made by

Maninder Singh

CA Maninder Singh is a Chartered Accountant for the past 14 years and a teacher from the past 18 years. He teaches Science, Economics, Accounting and English at Teachoo