What is the chemical equation for the combustion of butane?

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What is the chemical equation for the combustion of butane?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-26T19:28:30

Butane + oxygen $\to$ $rarr$ carbon dioxide + water

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$C_{4} H_{10} (g) + \frac{13}{2} O_{2} (g) \to 4 C O_{2} (g) + 5 H_{2} O (g)$ $C_4H_10(g) + 13/2O_2(g) rarr 4CO_2(g) + 5H_2O(g)$

Is the equation above balanced? How do you know? How would you remove the $\frac{13}{2}$ $13/2$ coefficient for dioxygen?

The reaction above represents complete combustion. Suppose I wanted to model a reaction where some of the hydrocarbon were combusted to $C O$ $CO$ ; how would you represent this?

Answer 2 · 2015-11-26T19:37:14

$2 C_{4} H_{10} (g) + 13 O_{2} (g)$ $color(red)(2)"C"_4"H"_10("g") + color(red)(13)"O"_2("g")$ $\to$ $rarr$ $8 {CO}_{2} (g) + 10 H_{2} O(g)$ $color(red)8"CO"_2("g") + color(red)(10)"H"_2"O(g)"$

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The chemical formula of butane is $C_{4} H_{10}$ $"C"_4"H"_10"$ . The combustion of butane is a reaction between butane and oxygen gas that produces carbon dioxide gas and water.

$2 C_{4} H_{10} (g) + 13 O_{2} (g)$ $color(red)(2)"C"_4"H"_10("g") + color(red)(13)"O"_2("g")$ $\to$ $rarr$ $8 {CO}_{2} (g) + 10 H_{2} O(g)$ $color(red)8"CO"_2("g") + color(red)(10)"H"_2"O(g)"$

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