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Using complete sentences, explain how to predict the products and balance the reaction for the combustion of butane.

Using complete sentences, explain how to predict the products and balance the reaction-example-1
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2C₄H₁₀ + 13O₂ ⇒ 8CO₂ + 10H2₀

What is combustion?

The reaction of a substance with oxygen, producing one or more oxides, heat and light.

Butane (C₄H₁₀) is a hydrocarbon ( The name used for a hydrocarbon with four carbon atoms and only single bonds.) Butane consists of carbon and hydrogen and thus when it combust, it produces carbon dioxide and water.

2C₄H₁₀ + 13O₂ ⇒ 8CO₂ + 10H2₀

The following chemical equation follow the law of conservation of mass.

The law of conservation of mass states that in a closed system, mass is neither created nor destroyed during a chemical or physical reaction. The law of conservation of mass is applied whenever you balance a chemical equation. It is also applicable to stoichiometry. On the product side, the number of atoms must match the total of atoms on the product side. As a result, the equation must be balanced.

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