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What is the chemical equation for butane burning completely in air?

Answer 1

Butane is completely combusted to carbon dioxide and water........

#C_4H_10(g) + 13/2O_2(g) rarr 4CO_2(g) + 5H_2O(l)+Delta#

If you like, you can double the equation to remove the half-integral coefficient. What does the #Delta# symbol on the reactant side represent?

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Answer 2

Peyton Adams

#"C"_4"H"_10(g) + 13/2"O"_2(g) rarr 4"CO"_2(g) + 5"H"_2"O"(g)#

Butane (#"C"_4"H"_10#) is undergoing complete combustion here, so we can write our generic hydrocarbon combustion equation:

#ul("hydrocarbon" + "oxygen" rarr "carbon dioxide" + "water (vapor)"# (complete combustion)

We now complete the reagents and bring the equation into balance:

#"C"_4"H"_10(g) + "O"_2(g) rarr "CO"_2(g) + "H"_2"O"(g)# (unbalanced)

#color(red)(ulbar(|stackrel(" ")(" ""C"_4"H"_10(g) + 13/2"O"_2(g) rarr 4"CO"_2(g) + 5"H"_2"O"(g)" ")|)#

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Answer 3

Kai Bowman

The following is the chemical formula for butane that burns entirely in air: 2C4H10(g) + 13O2(g) → 8CO2(g) + 10H2O(g)

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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.