1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
sergij07 [2.7K]
3 years ago
13

What is not true about most combustion reactions?

Chemistry
1 answer:
vazorg [7]3 years ago
6 0
Combustion, or burning,[1] is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke. Combustion in a fire produces a flame, and the heat produced can make combustion self-sustaining. Combustion is often a complicated sequence of elementary radical reactions. Solid fuels, such as wood and coal, first undergo endothermic pyrolysis to produce gaseous fuels whose combustion then supplies the heat required to produce more of them. Combustion is often hot enough that incandescent light in the form of either glowing or a flame is produced. A simple example can be seen in the combustion of hydrogen and oxygen into water vapor, a reaction commonly used to fuel rocket engines. This reaction releases 242 kJ/mol of heat and reduces the enthalpy accordingly (at constant temperature and pressure):

2H
2(g) + O
2(g) → 2 H2O(g)

Combustion of an organic fuel in air is always exothermic because the double bond in O2 is much weaker than other double bonds or pairs of single bonds, and therefore the formation of the stronger bonds in the combustion products CO2 and  H2O results in the release of energy.[2] The bond energies in the fuel play only a minor role, since they are similar to those in the combustion products; e.g., the sum of the bond energies of CH4 is nearly the same as that of CO2. The heat of combustion is approximately -418 kJ per mole of O2 used up in the combustion reaction, and can be estimated from the elemental composition of the fuel.[2]

Uncatalyzed combustion in air requires fairly high temperatures. Complete combustion is stoichiometric with respect to the fuel, where there is no remaining fuel, and ideally, no remaining oxidant. Thermodynamically, the chemical equilibrium of combustion in air is overwhelmingly on the side of the products. However, complete combustion is almost impossible to achieve, since the chemical equilibrium is not necessarily reached, or may contain unburnt products such as carbon monoxide, hydrogen and even carbon (sootor ash). Thus, the produced smoke is usually toxic and contains unburned or partially oxidized products. Any combustion at high temperatures in atmospheric air, which is 78 percent nitrogen, will also create small amounts of several nitrogen oxides, commonly referred to as NOx, since the combustion of nitrogen is thermodynamically favored at high, but not low temperatures. Since combustion is rarely clean, flue gas cleaning or catalytic converters may be required by law.

You might be interested in
Suppose the fluid in the stomach of a man suffering from indigestion can be considered to be 200.ml of a 0.033 m hcl solution. w
Ede4ka [16]
HCl + NaHCO3 = NaCl + H2O + CO2

We have 0.033*0.2 = 0.0066 mol of Hcl

According to reaction we need the same amount of NaHCO3
M(NaHCO3) = 23+1+12+48=84g/mold
m = 0.0066mol * 84g/mol = 0.5544g
8 0
3 years ago
DUE TONIGHT!
GuDViN [60]

Answer:

27J/Kmol

Explanation:

Heat = number of moles times the Moeller heat capacity chimes the change in temperature.

^ Q = nC△T

^ C = Q/ n△T = +53J / (1mol) (299.5K - 297.5K)

^ = 26.5 (rounded to 27)

8 0
3 years ago
Darryl finds a bottle of what looks like clear water, with dirt settled at the bottom. When he shakes the bottle, the water gets
Mazyrski [523]

Answer: The correct answer is Heterogeneous mixture

Explanation:

Heterogeneous mixture are those mixture in which:

  • Substance is distributed in non uniform manner.
  • Two distinct layers are formed

Thus when water and dirt are mixed together it results in the formation of  a heterogeneous mixture and after sometimes two different layers will be observed.

Hence, in the bottle there is a heterogeneous mixture of water and dirt.


3 0
3 years ago
How much energy, in joules, does 150.0 g of water with an initial temperature of 25 C need to absorb be raised to a final temper
satela [25.4K]

Answer:

31395 J

Explanation:

Given data:

mass of water = 150 g

Initial temperature = 25 °C

Final temperature = 75 °C

Energy absorbed = ?

Solution:

Formula:

q = m . c . ΔT

we know that specific heat of water is 4.186 J/g.°C

ΔT = final temperature - initial temperature

ΔT = 75 °C - 25 °C

ΔT = 50 °C

now we will put the values in formula

q = m . c . ΔT

q = 150 g × 4.186 J/g.°C × 50 °C

q = 31395 J

so, 150 g of water need to absorb 31395 J of energy to raise the temperature from 25°C to 75 °C .

5 0
3 years ago
A thermometer that uses a liquid to measure temperature works because
pashok25 [27]
Because the volume of the liquid inside change with temperature.
7 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Explain how original mass of dry ice compares with the mass of carbon dioxide gas?
    15·1 answer
  • which of the following is the best choice for presenting the relationship between atomic number and atomic mass?
    12·2 answers
  • A football field is about 10000 cm long. If it takes a person 20 seconds to run its length , how fast was the football player ru
    9·1 answer
  • ***DiSICLAIMER (due at midnight)
    11·1 answer
  • Sodium thiosulfate, na2s2o3, is used as a "fixer" in black and white photography. identify the reducing agent in the reaction of
    7·1 answer
  • What is the state of the substance at room temperature (20°c)
    10·1 answer
  • The answer to this problem
    15·1 answer
  • Phosphorus has a higher ionization energy than silicon because: 1. the outer orbitals of phosphorus are located closer to the nu
    14·1 answer
  • If you had 40 molecules of co gas in 250000 molecules of air, what is the concentration of co in parts per million?
    6·1 answer
  • 2)
    8·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!