Chemistry in Context
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ISBN: 9780073522975
Author: American Chemical Society
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 20Q
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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