Study of the chemical equation ⚖️ for complete butane combustion C4H10 🔥

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Butane combustion 🔥

Word equation:

Butane + Dioxygen → Carbon dioxide + Water

Balanced chemical equation:

2C4H10 + 13O2 → 8CO2 + 10H2O

Are the following statements true?

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

2. The “+” sign separates the reactants from the products. There are two reactants and two products.

3. The reactants are on the left of the arrow. They are dioxygen and butane.

4. This balanced chemical equation contains 8 carbon dioxide molecules.

5. In this chemical equation, there are eight butane molecules.

6. The product containing hydrogen atoms is butane. There are two butane molecules, so there are 20 hydrogen atoms on the products side.

7. Both products contain oxygen atoms.
8CO2 → 8 × 1 = 8 oxygen atoms
10H2O → 10 × 2 = 20 oxygen atoms.
Therefore a total of 8 + 20 = 28 oxygen atoms.

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

9. Before and after the arrow, there are 26 oxygen atoms.

10. This chemical equation is balanced because there are 8 carbon atoms C, 20 hydrogen atoms H, and 26 oxygen atoms O before and after the arrow.

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