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When most fuels burn, water and carbon dioxide are the two main products. however, water and carbon dioxide are not the products of all combustion reactions. which will not form water and carbon dioxide when it burns?

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Incomplete combustion does not form water and carbon dioxide when it burns.

There are two types of combustion:-

1) Complete combustion:-

A fuel receives enough oxygen to complete combustion when it burns in a lot of air.

Fuels like gasoline and natural gas contain hydrocarbons. These are only hydrogen and carbon compounds. When they totally burn:

The hydrogen oxidizes to water while the carbon turns into carbon dioxide (remember that water, H2O, is an oxide of hydrogen)

for full combustion:

hydrocarbon + oxygen→Carbon dioxide + water

The following equations describe how propane, which is used in bottled gas, completely burns.

oxygen + propane→carbon dioxide + water

C3H8 + 5O2 → 3CO2 + 4H2O

2) Incomplete combustion:-

When there is insufficient air or oxygen present, incomplete combustion ensues. Carbon dioxide is still created, but it is replaced with carbon monoxide and carbon.

For incomplete combustion in general:

Hydrocarbon + Oxygen→ Carbon Monoxide + Carbon+ Water

incomplete propane combustion, which results in the production of carbon rather than carbon monoxide

oxygen + propane→carbon + water

C3H8 + 2O2 → 3C + 4H2O

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