Water is 88.88 percent oxygen by mass. Oxygen is exactly what a fire needs to grow brighter and stronger. So why doesn't a fire grow brighter and stronger when water is added to it?
A) Oxygen in water is already "reduced" from the hydrogen atoms, so this oxygen atom no longer has a great attraction for additional electrons.
B) The oxygen is chemically bound to hydrogen atoms.
C) Oxygen in water is completely different from oxygen 
, which is what is required for combustion.
D) all of the above
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