What is formed on complete combustion of carbon?

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Dwight
Mar 15, 2018

Carbon dioxide (and water)

Explanation:

When chemists refer to complete combustion, they mean that you have produced a product from which no more energy can be obtained through combustion - the product does not burn. In this way, the combustion is complete.

The product in this case, the product must be #CO_2# as any other product - #CO# or elemental carbon - can still be burned, and more energy obtained.

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