The substance has a higher density than water
Salt water is considered to be a solution
CH4 + 2O2 =======> CO2 + 2H2O
A0 = 1
a1 = 2
a2 = 1
a3 = 2
This can be solved by guessing and checking and making sure that all atoms on the left side are accounted for on the right side. Both sides must have the same amount of atoms or the balancing is not correct.
Now ,
C + O2 → CO2
According to above equation, 1 mole of carbon reacts with one mole of oxygen to produce one mole of carbon dioxide.Thus this implies that 12 g of carbon reacts with 32 g of O2 to produce 44 g of CO2.
No of moles = mass of the substance/molecular mass of the substance.
In this case 1.2 g of carbon reacts with "x "g of O2 to produce 4.4 g of CO2.
No of moles of carbon in this case = 1.2÷ 12 = 0.1 moles.
No of moles of carbon dioxide formed = 4.4÷44 =0.1 moles
Thus already discussed above, 1 mole of carbon reacts with 1 mole of oxygen to produce 1 mole of carbon dioxide. Hence to produce 0.1 mole of CO2 ,0.1 mole of carbon needs to react with 0.1 mole of oxygen.
Also number of moles of O2 = mass of O2÷ molar mass of O2
Substituting number of moles of O2 as 0.1 we get
mass of O2(x) = Number of moles of O2 × Molar mass of O2
Mass of O2 (x) = 0.1 × 32= 3.2 g
Thus mass of 3.2 g O2 reacts with 1.2 g of CO2 to produce 4.4 g of CO2.
