[aruanan]

The problem is that there is NO weakening of H-O bonds in water when salt is added to it. This is a simple chemical dissociation/combination reaction. There is nothing else to it.

The simple chemical dissociation/combination reaction is what's happening to the salt, not the water.

[Bat_Chemist]

If the H and O are not being dissociated (the bonds broken), then there is nothing to burn! There isn’t a catalyst in salt water that provides an easy pathway to break the H-O bonds in water. You do understand that the flame is a Hydrogen/Oxygen flame and not a Sodium flame, right?

I’m trying to keep it polite (unlike some others here), but it almost appears as though you’re being intenionally obtuse. The NaCl is already dissociated in the water(that’s what happens when ionic compounds dissolve).

What chemical reaction do you think is happening to create the flame?