Question

Butane(C4H10) burns. Balanced Equation? Don't understand this stuff!!!!Help Please!!!

Answer 1

When you burn stuff you are reacting it with oxygen! so it is one of your reactants. After complete combustion of a hydrocarbon you end up with CO2 and H2O

Answer 2

Can you write out the reaction now?

Answer 3

That is the thing is the problem you are looking for is the reaction.. sorry...

Answer 4

Have you seen a chemical reaction before?

Answer 5

I just told you what the products and reactants are

Answer 6

oops I mean chemical equation

Answer 7

An example of a chemical equation:

A + B -> C

Reactants are on the left, Products are on the right

Answer 8

I'm not here to give you the answer but I will guide you to it. If you dont understand my explanation please tell me which part of it is not clear to you?

Answer 9

so it would be O2+(combustion of hydrocarbon)-> CO2 + H20?

Answer 10

O2+(hydrocarbon)-> CO2 + H20?

Answer 11

fixed

Answer 12

what is the hydro carbon in chemical form? does that make sense?

Answer 13

a hydrocarbon is a class of molecules composed entirely of Carbon and Hydrogen, an example is butane, octane, methane etc

Answer 14

oh and benzene

Answer 15

so if you see something with C, H and in some cases O, then you can assume it is H2O + CO2

Answer 16

Carbohydrates (also known of sugars) are also hydrocarbons but they contain oxygen as well

Answer 17

Sorry if you didnt understand what I meant by hydrocarbon do you understand now?

Answer 18

When you combust something you are reacting it with O2 gas

Answer 19

so can you write out your reaction now?

Answer 20

Then I will help you with balancing (dont worry it is super easy)

Answer 21

C4H10 + O2 => CO2 + H2O

Answer 22

:) right

Answer 23

also I forgot to mention you should show which phase each chemical is in, like so,

C4H10(g) + O2(g) => CO2(g) + H2O(l)

g stands for gas, l stands for liquid, s stands for solid

Answer 24

so now you need to balance the equation, you need the same amount of atoms on both side of the equation, so that the chemical reaction follows the law of conservation of mass

Answer 25

This law states that the mass does not change in a chemical reaction

Answer 26

Would you put a 4 in front of the CO2 to balance the Carbon and a 5 in front of the Oxygen so they were all balanced? Or does that not make the Hydrogen balanced? so the equation would be:


C4H10(g)+ 5O2(g)=> 4CO2(g) + H20 (l)?

Answer 27

Oops there shouldnt be a 4 in front of CO2 in the first part

Answer 28

but I hope you see my method

Answer 29

could you put into a equation I understand reading them that way..

Answer 30

C4H10(g) + O2(g) => CO2(g) + H2O(l)

Right now,

Products: 4 C, 10 H, 2O
Reactants: 1C, 3O, 1H

so balance the carbons by multiplying the CO2 by 4

C4H10(g) + O2(g) => 4CO2(g) + H2O(l)

Now we have,

Products: 4 C, 10 H, 2O
Reactants: 4C, 9O, 1H

and you keep going like this until both sides have the same number of atoms

Answer 31

Just read what I wrote you, if you follow my method you wont be steered wrong

Answer 32

There probably exists some equation, but I do not know it and it is not like this method is particularly hard.

Answer 33

If an equation does exist I don't think it is worth memorizing.

Answer 34

The thing about learning is that not everything will be given to you in the clearest of manor, you will have to get use to this. Although in this case you could just visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnGu3xO2h74

Answer 35

thanks