Chemistry In Context
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ISBN: 9781259638145
Author: Fahlman, Bradley D., Purvis-roberts, Kathleen, Kirk, John S., Bentley, Anne K., Daubenmire, Patrick L., ELLIS, Jamie P., Mury, Michael T., American Chemical Society
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 2, Problem 12Q
These questions relate to the combustion of hydrocarbons.
- a. LPG (liquid petroleum gas) is mostly propane, C3H8. Balance this equation.
- b. Cigarette lighters burn butane, C4H10. Write a balanced equation for the combustion of butane.
- c. With a limited supply of oxygen, both propane and butane can burn incompletely to form carbon monoxide. Write balanced equations for both reactions.
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