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Question
How would you prove experimentally that carbon dioxide does not support combustion.
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Solution
Carbon dioxide does not support combustion.
Experiment : Bring a burning candle in a gas jar full of CO2 gas. The candle is extinguished. This shows that CO2 is non-supporter of combustion.
Carbon dioxide does not support combustion:

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