how to establish experimentally that the methane combustion results in carbon dioxide?

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wolfe8 · Answer

Hello and welcome to OpenStudy. First of all,  this is my 1001(st/th?) question! 

Well, you will have to burn methane and see if there is CO2, right? How can we detect CO2?

anonymous · Answer

i have no idea

wolfe8 · Answer

It'll help to remember next time that CO2 turns lime water milky. Can you devise an experiment now?

anonymous · Answer

like burn methane into lime water? i really don't know

wolfe8 · Answer

Something like that. But because we are looking for a gas, we will need a closed set up.

anonymous · Answer

omg thank you so much!

wolfe8 · Answer

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