10cm3 of a gaseous hydrocarbon C2 Hx required 30cm3 of oxygen gas for complete combustion if steam and 20cm3 of carbon iv oxide produced what is the value of x
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Expert's answer
2020-08-05T05:09:33-0400
First we can write the chemical equation of hydrocarbon burning:
C2Hx+(2+0.25x)O2=2CO2+0.5xH2O
Then we can see that volumes of hydrocarbon and oxygen are related as 1:3. We can make an equation:
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