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

🇫🇷 French Version

Methane combustion 🔥

Word equation:

Methane + Dioxygen → Carbon dioxide + Water

Balanced chemical equation:

CH4 + 2O2 → CO2 + 2H2O

Are the following statements true?

1. The arrow separates the reactants from the products and shows the direction of the chemical transformation 🧪.

2. The “+” sign is used when there are several reactants or several products.
It can mean “and”.

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

4. Carbon dioxide CO2 and water H2O are the reactants.
Methane CH4 and dioxygen O2 are the products.

5. This chemical equation contains three symbols: C, H, and O.

6. In this chemical equation, there are two water molecules H2O and one carbon dioxide molecule CO2.

7. Before and after the arrow, there are four hydrogen atoms H.

8. Before and after the arrow, there are four carbon atoms C.

9. Before and after the arrow, there are four oxygen atoms O.

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

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