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What do you mean by ignition temperature? Why a matchstick dose not catch fire on its own at room temperature?

Class 8CBSEScienceChapter: Combustion and Flame
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The lowest temperature at which a substance catches fire or the lowest temperature at which combustion begins and continues in a substance is called its ignition temperature. Match Stick cannot catch fire on its own at room temperature because it can catch fire only at its ignition temperature not at room temperature.

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