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What best explains why sawdust burns more quickly than a block of wood of equal mass under the same conditions

What best explains why sawdust burns more quickly than a block of wood of equal mass under the same conditions
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What best explains why sawdust burns more quickly than a block of wood of equal mass under the same conditions

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I suppose it is the density, having more pockets of air in between the granules of sawdust. Air has oxygen. What does a fire need to strive? Oxygen.
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