When carbon burns in oxygen what does it form?

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Kaisha
May 16, 2017

Carbon burns in oxygen to form carbon dioxide.
See below.

Explanation:

Carbon + Oxygen → Carbon dioxide
C(s) + O_2(g)→ CO_2 (g)C(s)+O2(g)→CO2(g)

However, when the oxygen supply is restricted, combustion is incomplete and it forms carbon monoxide instead.

2C(s) + O_2(g) → 2CO (g)2C(s)+O2(g)→2CO(g)

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