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Because the process of producing the flame is a chemical reaction. The reaction can only exist if there are unused chemicals to fuel the change. Once all the chemicals are used up - the reaction stops.

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Q: Why cant you lit a match after it is already have been lit?
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Can matches relight after you have blown them out?

If you mean strike them and then relight than no. Once a match has been lit and the carbon burned out, it has already gone through a sequence of chemical reactions making it unable to strike again. But if you were to use an existing flame and light a match that has been used; then it would work. Hope I helped =P


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