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What compound produces CO2 and H2O?

What compound produces CO2 and H2O?

hydrocarbon
A combustion reaction always has oxygen as one reactant. The second reactant is always a hydrocarbon, which is a compound made up of carbon and hydrogen. A combustion reaction also always produces CO2 and H2O.

How do you find the empirical formula of a hydrocarbon?

This is done by dividing the atomic mass by the molecular mass and then multiplying by the mass of compound produced. We therefore have a ratio of 1 carbon atom to 3 hydrogen atoms, thus the empirical formula for this hydrocarbon is CH3.

How can you know if the combustion of your sample is complete?

So if a known amount of a hydrocarbon is placed in the chamber and burned, we can know if it has been completely converted to the theoretical amount of CO2 and water required for complete combustion.

What is CO2 formula?

CO2
Carbon dioxide/Formula

How do you solve a complete combustion equation?

Complete combustion

  1. Fuels are substances that react with oxygen to release useful energy. Most of the energy is released as heat, but light energy is also released.
  2. In general, for complete combustion:
  3. hydrocarbon + oxygen → carbon dioxide + water.
  4. propane + oxygen → carbon dioxide + water.

What is the simplest formula of hydrocarbon?

The simplest Hydrocarbon is methane, CH4. This is the simplest member of a series of hydrocarbons. Each successive member of the series has one more Carbon atom than the preceding member. This series of compounds are called alkanes (CnH2n+2).

How do you solve an incomplete combustion equation?

Incomplete combustion

  1. Incomplete combustion occurs when the supply of air or oxygen is poor. Water is still produced, but carbon monoxide and carbon are produced instead of carbon dioxide.
  2. In general for incomplete combustion:
  3. hydrocarbon + oxygen → carbon monoxide + carbon + water.
  4. propane + oxygen → carbon + water.

What is the formula of oxygen and carbon dioxide?

The chemical symbol for oxygen is O, but pure oxygen exists as diatomic (“two-atom”) molecules, represented by the chemical formula O2. A molecule of the compound carbon dioxide consists of one atom of carbon and two atoms of oxygen, so carbon dioxide is represented by the chemical formula CO2.