Balancing This Equation
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Balancing This Equation
Write a balanced combustion reaction for solid nicotine (C10H14N2). (Hint: The reaction produces N2 gas). How can we balance it when both sides don't have Oxygen? Or does it? How are we supposed to figure this out?
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Re: Balancing This Equation
All combustion reactions consist of O2 as one of the reactants and CO2 and H2O as the products. So for this reaction specifically, the reactants are C10H14N2 and O2, and N2, CO2, and H2O would be the products.
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Re: Balancing This Equation
When it says "combustion," it is implied that you must add "+ _O2" to the reactant side of the reaction
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Re: Balancing This Equation
Combustion always mean that one of the reactants is O2 and the products are CO2 + H2O. Sometimes, they will add in, like in this problem, an extra product.
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Re: Balancing This Equation
Combustion reactions always have O2 as a reactant and H20 and C02 as products.
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Re: Balancing This Equation
Combustion reactions always indicate that the reactant will be burned in O2, and the products at minimum are CO2 and H2O, but there may be others, depending on what exactly was burned in oxygen.
Re: Balancing This Equation
An important step to remember is that combustion always involves Oxygen gas as a reactant, even though it is often not states in the problem. So always remember to add Oxygen gas to the chemical equation of a combustion reaction before balancing, and you should be good.
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Re: Balancing This Equation
Ashley Osorio wrote:Write a balanced combustion reaction for solid nicotine (C10H14N2). (Hint: The reaction produces N2 gas). How can we balance it when both sides don't have Oxygen? Or does it? How are we supposed to figure this out?
Combustion reactions always are a compound +O2 and produce CO2+H20
So this should look like C10H14N2 +O2 ------> CO2+ H2O + N2 (Then you can balance it)
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Re: Balancing This Equation
combustion equations always have O2 on the reactant side and CO2 and H2O on the other, sometimes N2 depending on the organic molecule. 2C10H14N2 +27O2 ------> 20CO2+ 14H2O + 7N2
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