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How do we represent the combustion of gasoline?

Answer 1

Caleb Adams

Well, first you must define #"gasoline...."#

As far as I know, gasoline is composed of isomeric #"octane"#.

Garbage in equals garbage out for any combustion reaction to be balanced.

#C_8H_18(l) + 25/2O_2 rarr 8CO_2(g) + 9H_2O(l)#

Is this balanced? The following reaction could be used to symbolize incomplete combustion:

#C_8H_18(l) + 11O_2(g) rarr 6CO_2(g) +C(s) +CO(g) + 9H_2O(l)#

Naturally, analysis is required to determine the amount of carbon monoxide and particulate carbon present; in this case, some carbon has not fully oxidized.

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Answer 2

Olivia Anton

The combustion of gasoline can be represented by the following balanced chemical equation:

( \text{2 C}8\text{H}{18} + \text{25 O}_2 \rightarrow \text{16 CO}_2 + \text{18 H}_2\text{O} )

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.