olo 6 A major component of gasoline is octane (C,H,). When liquid octane is burned in air it reacts with oxygen (0,) gas to produce carbon dioxide gas and water vapor. Calculate the moles of water produced by the reaction of 1.1 mol of octane. Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, if necessary, and round it to 2 significant digits. OLX

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A major component of gasoline is octane (C,H,). When liquid octane is burned in air it reacts with oxygen (0,) gas to produce carbon dioxide gas and water
vapor. Calculate the moles of water produced by the reaction of 1.1 mol of octane. Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, if necessary, and round it to 2
significant digits.
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Transcribed Image Text:olo 6 A major component of gasoline is octane (C,H,). When liquid octane is burned in air it reacts with oxygen (0,) gas to produce carbon dioxide gas and water vapor. Calculate the moles of water produced by the reaction of 1.1 mol of octane. Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, if necessary, and round it to 2 significant digits. OLX
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When Gasoline's octane is burned with  oxygen, then Following balanced Reaction is obtained -

2C8H18 +  25O2  ----->  16CO2  +  18H2O

 

Here, 2 mole of octane reacts with 25 moles of oxygen to give 16 moles of Carbon dioxide and 18 moles of water.

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