2006-09-20 08:16:19 · 11 answers · asked by suzanne d 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
2(H2) + O2 = H2O
start the reaction with a spark and explosion will occur due to released valent energy
2006-09-20 08:19:36 · answer #1 · answered by fstopf4 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I can see some have quoted rapid and explosive hydrogen combustion as a good example, and that is correct. There are other less obvious examples though.
All chemical explosives rely on turning a compact solid into large amounts of gas in a few microseconds whilst releasing lots of heat. This gas can be carbon dioxide, nitrogen, oxygen a few other things and crucially water as steam, so there's another example.
2006-09-21 04:04:05 · answer #2 · answered by Paul H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only is water produced in the explosion of hydrogen and oxygen, but it is also produced when ever a hydeocarbon is burned as in the explosion in the cylinders of internal combustion engines.
2006-09-20 08:55:11 · answer #3 · answered by science teacher 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the drink fountain takes the brunt of the explosion.
2006-09-21 00:31:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most obvious answer is the reaction of hydrogen to oxygen, when hydrogen burns it forms water. However hydrogen actually explodes when it burns, this is what happened to the Hindenburg, the German zepplin which exploded.
2H2 + O2 _____ 2H20
2006-09-21 06:17:37 · answer #5 · answered by Ellie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen that experiment on TV. They filled an ordinary party balloon with a mixture of Oxygen and Hydrogen. then,they lit it ( from a safe distance! ) The result was an almighty bang and a puddle.
2006-09-20 08:26:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Water is made in every hydrocarbon combustion, so having a hydrocarbon source or any hydrogen source will produce water.
2006-09-20 08:18:34 · answer #7 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When hydrogen is combusted in the presence of oxygen (in the engines of a rocket), water is formed.
2H2 + O2 --> 2H2O (Energy = exothermic)
2006-09-20 15:27:49 · answer #8 · answered by Kemmy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol... you could of explained a little more in detail... Either splitting some h20 atoms which would then not make is water because h20 is a combination of atoms or you could boil water in a closed container until the pressure builds up so much it has to escape.
2006-09-20 08:23:58 · answer #9 · answered by West 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Re the Hindenburg
2006-09-20 08:36:02 · answer #10 · answered by christopher N 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋