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lucky5348
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Gasohol combustion reaction

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My best guess at making an equation for this is


C8H18+C2H6O+O2=CO2+H2O


but i cant balance this
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Re: Gasohol combustion reaction

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lucky5348 wrote:My best guess at making an equation for this is


C8H18+C2H6O+O2=CO2+H2O


but i cant balance this
That is because the reactions of C8H18 and C2H6O combustion are independent:
C8H18+O2=CO2+H2O
C2H6O+O2=CO2+H2O
You can easily balance those here
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