The balanced chemical
reaction will be:
C4H8 + 6 O2 --> 4 CO2 + 4 H2O
We are given the amount of butene being combusted. This will be our
starting point.
136.6 g C4H8 (1 mol C4H8/ 56.11 g C4H8) (4 mol CO2/1 mol <span>C4H8</span>) ( 44.01 g CO2/ 1 mol CO2) = 428.6 g CO2
Temperature change, colour change, releasing gas, bubbles and change in odor
1) To find the change in enthalpy, determine the difference between the potential energy of the products and the potential energy of the reactants. (on this diagram, C-A) To find the activation energy, find the difference between the potential energy of the reactants and the "peak" of the curve (on this diagram, B-A). For this diagram, both the enthalpy and activation energy are positive.
2) If the reaction was exothermic, enthalpy would be negative, and the potential energy of the reactants would be greater than the potential energy of the products.
Metals are to the left of the zig-zag, nonmetals are to the right, and metalloids lie on/beside the line.
Balancing of chemical equation is essential because of the law of conservation of mass, which states that the mass of a system can not be created or removed.
The second equation is balanced
This is because the number of elements of each atom in the product side equal the number of elements of each atom on the reactant side.
The first equation is not balanced
This is because there is 1 molecule of 
on reactant side as compared to 3 molecules of
To balance the equation we add a coefficient of 3 on sulphuric acid (
) and a coefficient of 3 on hydrogen (
)
