How do you work out the equation for the complete combustion of liquid methanol?

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anor277
May 23, 2018

Balance mass and balance charge....

Explanation:

And so...

#underbrace(H_3COH(l)+3/2O_2(g))_"80 g" rarr underbrace(CO_2(g) + 2H_2O(l))_"80 g"#

If you like you can double the entire equation to get integral coefficients....

#2H_3COH(l)+3O_2(g) rarr 2CO_2(g) + 4H_2O(l)#

I think the former equation is easier to handle when we specify the mass equivalence...

And how do you do it for #"ethyl alcohol"#, #C_2H_5OH#?

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