(a) Write separate balanced equations for the complete combustion of ethanol (C2H5OH) and of gasoline (represented by the formula C8H18). (b) What mass of oxygen is required to burn completely 1.00 L of a mixture that is 90.0% gasoline (d=0.742 g/mL) and 10.0% ethanol (d=0.789 g/mL) by volume? (c) If 1.00 mol of O2 occupies 22.4 L, what volume of O2 is needed to burn 1.00 L of the mixture? (d) Air is 20.9% O2 by volume. What volume of air is needed to burn 1.00 L of the mixture?
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Exergonic Reaction
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(a) Write separate balanced equations for the complete combustion of ethanol (C2H5OH)
and of gasoline (represented by the formula C8H18).
(b) What mass of oxygen is required to burn completely 1.00 L of a mixture that is 90.0%
gasoline (d=0.742 g/mL) and 10.0% ethanol (d=0.789 g/mL) by volume?
(c) If 1.00 mol of O2 occupies 22.4 L, what volume of O2 is needed to burn 1.00 L of the
mixture?
(d) Air is 20.9% O2 by volume. What volume of air is needed to burn 1.00 L of the
mixture?
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