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Posted by Leslie on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 7:51pm.

Ethyne, C2H2, combusts explosively to produce carbon dioxide and water. How many moles of ethyne area required to yield 4.98 moles of water?

chemistry - DrBob222, Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 9:48pm
2C2H2 + 5O2 ==> 4CO2 + 2H2O
Looks to me as if 2 moles H2O requires 2 moles ethyne.

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