Study of the chemical equation ⚖️ for complete methane combustion CH4 🔥

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Methane combustion 🔥

Word equation:

Methane + Dioxygen → Carbon dioxide + Water

Balanced chemical equation:

CH4 + 2O2 → CO2 + 2H2O

Are the following statements true?

1. A reactant is a substance consumed during a chemical transformation 🧪.

2. The arrow shows the direction of the chemical transformation, from reactants to products.

3. The products are on the left of the arrow, and the reactants are on the right.

4. There are two reactants: methane CH4 and dioxygen O2.

5. The methane molecule CH4 contains one hydrogen atom H and four carbon atoms C.

6. 2O2 means two dioxygen molecules, so 4 oxygen atoms O.

7. CH4 contains 1 carbon atom C, and 2O2 contains none.
Therefore CH4 + 2O2 contains 1 carbon atom.

8. CO2 contains no hydrogen atom H, and 2H2O contains 4.
Therefore CO2 + 2H2O contains 4 hydrogen atoms H.

9. CO2 contains 2 oxygen atoms O, and 2H2O contains 2.
Therefore CO2 + 2H2O contains 4 oxygen atoms O.

10. This chemical equation is balanced because there are 4 carbon atoms, 4 hydrogen atoms, and 4 oxygen atoms before and after the arrow.

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