From the combustion of octane, the formaldehyde will be formed as this equation:
C8H18 + O2 → CH2O + H2O this is the original equation but it is not a balanced equation, so let's start to balance it:
the equation to be balanced so the number of atoms on the right side of the equation sholud be equal with the number of atoms on the lef side.
-we have 8 C atoms on left side and 1 atom on the right side so we will try putting 8 CH2O on the right side instead of CH2O
C8H18 + O2 → 8 CH2O + H2O
we have 2 O atoms on the left side and 9 atoms on the right side so we will try first to put 9 O2 instead of O2 on the left side and put 2H2O on the right side and put 16 CH2O instead of 8 CH2O to make the atoms of O are equal on both sides = 18 atoms
C8H18 + 9 O2 → 16 CH2O + 2H2O
put now we have 8 atom C on the left side and 16 atom on the right side so, we will put 2 C8H18 instead of C8H18 now we get this equation:
2C8H18 + 9O2 →16 CH2O + 2H2O
-now we have 36 of H atoms on both sides.
- and 16 of C atoms on both sides.
- and 18 of O atoms on both sides.
now all the number of atoms of O & C & H are equal on both sides
∴ 2C8H18 + 9O2 → 16 CH2O + 2 H2O
is the final balanced equation for the formation of formaldehayde
Answer:
You may be referring to the gas that makes up 21% of the earth's atmosphere, which is oxygen.
Explanation:
According to NASA, the gases in Earth's atmosphere include:
Nitrogen — 78 percent
Oxygen — 21 percent
Argon — 0.93 percent
Carbon dioxide — 0.04 percent
(Trace amounts of neon, helium, methane, krypton and hydrogen, as well as water vapor)
Answer:
Explanation:
In a chemical formula, the oxidation state of transition metals can be determined by establishing the relationships between the electrons gained and that which is lost by an atom.
We know that for compounds to be formed, atoms would either lose, gain or share electrons between one another.
The oxidation state is usually expressed using the oxidation number and it is a formal charge assigned to an atom which is present in a molecule or ion.
To ascertain the oxidation state, we have to comply with some rules:
- The algebraic sum of all oxidation numbers of an atom in a neutral compound is zero.
- The algebraic sum of all the oxidation numbers of all atoms in an ion containing more than one kind of atom is equal to the charge on the ion.
For example, let us find the oxidation state of Cr in Cr₂O₇²⁻
This would be: 2x + 7(-2) = -2
x = +6
We see that the oxidation number of Cr, a transition metal in the given ion is +6.
