What is a combustion equation?

How do I write a combustion equation..?

  • How do I write a combustion equation, for a problem that asks this: In the combustion of CH4 to give to CO2 and water How do I write that into an equation?

  • Answer:

    CH4 + 2O2 = CO2 + H2O always remember that Carbon (C) becomes carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H) becomes water (H2O), and that the reactants in the equation ALWAYS include Oxygen gas (O2). Then you simplify and balance out the equation. A typical Combustion equation: C6H12O6 (glucose) + 3O2 (Oxygen gas) = 6CO2 (carbon dioxide) + 6H2O (water). Carbon Dioxide and Water are always the products of a combustion reaction in the classroom (for the sake of simplicity). Oxygen gas is always a reactant categorically, definitively, absolutely (you cannot burn anything without oxygen) in a combustion equation. (the reactant that takes the place of glucose can vary as long as it contains carbon and Hydrogen)

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