According to the second law of thermodynamics,
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According to the second law of thermodynamics, exothermicreactions, such as the burning of wood, arefavored because they result in the dispersal of energy.Wood, however, will not spontaneously burn even whenexposed to pure oxygen, O2. Why not?
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