Question #090a5
1 Answer
I don't think it can.
Explanation:
Since this is combustion, there must also by oxygen present which will contribute to the mass of the reactants.
However, if you consider the simplest organic compound, methane, combusting:
The Relative Formula masses are:
The increase in mass of products (80) to reactant (excluding oxygen) is a factor of 5.
The question requires a substance that gives this ratio to be
i.e. an increase in mass of a factor of 600.
This is not possible. If you consider the oxidation of individual atoms:
For
Hence we cannot get to a ratio of 600.