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Because they are not very reactive. As with most chemical bonds, energy is required to create a bond between Hydrogen and Oxygen to form water. Normally there is not enough energy being applied to the different component elements in the air to form water.

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Q: Why when hydrogen and oxygen are in the air together nothing happens but when they are chemically bonded together they make water?
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