Question

Practice: Determine the products, balance the

equation, and identify as organic or inorganic combustion reaction (circle).
1)
Ca + O2
Inorganic or Organic combustion?
2)
C3H2O +
02
Inorganic or Organic combustion?

Answer 1

Combustion reactions involve the reaction of a substance with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water. The combustion of Ca with O2 is an inorganic combustion reaction, while the combustion of C3H2O with O2 is an organic combustion reaction.

Step-by-step explanation:

A combustion reaction is a type of chemical reaction in which a substance reacts with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water. In combustion reactions, organic compounds, which contain carbon and hydrogen, combine with oxygen to form carbon dioxide and water.

1) The combustion of Ca with O2 does not produce carbon dioxide and water, so it is an inorganic combustion.
2) The combustion of C3H2O with O2 does produce carbon dioxide and water, so it is an organic combustion.

Answer 2

1. Inorganic combustion

2. Organic combustion

Further explanation

Given

The chemical equations

Required

Balanced equation

Solution

Organic compounds have the characteristic that there is a chain of carbon atoms, while inorganic does not have a chain of carbon atoms

The reaction of a substance with oxygen is called a combustion reaction

Complete combustion of carbon compounds will get CO₂ gas, whereas if it is not complete it will produce CO gas

So Organic : contain a carbon atom (and often a hydrogen atom)

1. Ca + O₂ ⇒ CaO₂

Inorganic combustion⇒does not contain carbon

2. C₃H₂O + 3O₂ → 3CO₂ + H₂O

Organic combustion