Posted by StressedStudent on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 3:44am.
CnHm + O2 → CO2 + H2O
4.04g of CO2*(1 mole of CO2/44.01g of CO2)=moles of CO2=0.0913g of CO2
1 mole of CO2=1 mole C, moles of CO2=moles of C
1.24 g of H20 *(1mole of H20/18 g of H20)=moles of H20=0.689
1 mole of H20=2 moles of H
2*moles of H20= moles of H=0.1376
divide the number of moles of H by moles of C
you should calculate C=1 H=2
Combustion reaction is
CH2 + O2 → CO2 + H2O
The reaction in the bottom of the post above is unbalanced
The balanced reaction is
2CH2 + 3O2--> 2CO2 + 2H20
I agree with 0.0918 mols C and 0.137 mols H but not the formula.
0.137/0.0918 = about 1.5; is that C2H3?
And the balanced equation is
4C2H3 + 11O2 ==> 8CO2 + 6H2O
I've not heard of C2H3?
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