Combustion
Objective-write reactants and products in words and in symbols for combustion reactions
Define hydrocarbon
How many shared pairs will EACH carbon atom have? FOUR
General formula for an alkane CnH2n+2
Prefixes
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define combustion- reacts with oxygen
products of complete combustionCO2 + H2O
products of incomplete combustionCO + H2O
------------------------------------------------Example #1 COMPLETE COMBUSTION
Write the equation for the complete combustion of pentane
C5O12 + O2  CO2 + H2O
Example #2 INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION
Write the equation for the incomplete combustion of hexane
C6H14 + O2  CO + H2O
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Write the equation for the incomplete combustion of octane
C8O18 + O2  CO + H2O
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