The balanced form of this equation is:
C3H8 + 5 O2 = 3 CO2 + 4 H2O
If you mean how you would read this, it would be:
Propane combined with oxygen produces carbon dioxide and water vapor.
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The balanced chemical equation for the reaction is:
C6H12O6 + 6O2 -> 6H2O + 6CO2
This equation represents the combustion of glucose (C6H12O6) in the presence of oxygen to produce water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2).
2(C2H6) + 7(O2) = 4(CO2) + 6(H2O)
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Any time you burn a hydrocarbon, with one exception, two things can happen:
The desired effect happens when you've got plenty of oxygen, in which case you get carbon dioxide plus water.
That doesn't happen all that often; the usual effect is the hydrogen, being the most reactive element, grabs as much oxygen as it wants. Then the carbon will take oxygen as it can get it, giving you a mixture of carbon black (pure carbon), carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. If you want carbon monoxide--it's an industrial chemical used to make many things--this is fine. Most of us don't want it. Carbon black is soot. Because of the nature of the carbon atom it will link into a pure carbon structure if it doesn't have another, more reactive element to hook up to.
The reason for all the ethane and oxygen molecules is, all chemical reactions have to balance.
Acetylene is the exception to the rule because it's got a two-stage combustion reaction. The first stage produces water vapor and carbon monoxide--never carbon dioxide. The heat of combustion ignites the carbon monoxide, which evolves to carbon dioxide with the addition of a little oxygen.
C2h4 + 3o2 --> 2co2 + 2h2o
why does the computer change my capital letters H, C, O in the above?
The balanced equation for the reaction of C6H12O6 with O2 to form CO2 and H2O is: C6H12O6 + 6 O2 -> 6 CO2 + 6 H2O
6co2 + 6h2o -> c6h12o6 + 6o2 Site messes up again! All letters capitals
Combustion reaction
The reaction described is cellular respiration. This process occurs in living cells to convert glucose (C6H12O6) and oxygen (O2) into carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O), releasing energy that the cell can use for various functions.
This equation represents the combustion of glucose (C6H12O6) in the presence of oxygen (O2) to produce carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O). The abbreviation "atd" likely refers to adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a molecule that is not typically a product of this reaction but is important for cellular energy metabolism.