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Acetylene burns in oxygen to form carbon dioxide and water. Write the skeleton equation for the reaction and balance it. |
Answer» The skeleton equation for the reaction is : `C_(2)H_(2)+O_(2)rarrCO_(2)+H_(2)O` The balancing is completed in the following steps : (i) Write the oxygen in the atomic state `C_(2)H_(2)+OrarrCO_(2)+H_(2)O` (ii) Balance the C atoms `C_(2)H_(2)+O rarr2CO_(2)_H_(2)O` (iii) Balance the O atoms `C_(2)H_(2)+5Orarr2CO_(2)+H_(2)O` Upon checking, the H atoms are already balanced (iv) Make the equation molecular or change O into `O_(2)`. For this multiply the equation by the factor 2 `2C_(2)H_(2)+5O_(2)rarr4CO_(2)+2H_(2)O` The final balanced equation is : `2C_(2)H_(2)+5O_(2)rarr4CO_(2)+2H_(2)O`. |
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