Answer to Question #295789 in General Chemistry for kathy

Question #295789

Within the cylinders of a car’s engine, the hydrocarbon octane (C8H18), one of many components of gasoline, mixes with oxygen from the air and burns to form carbon dioxide and water vapor. Write a balanced equation for this reaction.


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2022-02-10T14:54:03-0500

2C8H18 + 25O2 → 16CO2 + 18H2O


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