What are the product/s obtained when a Hydrocarbon is incompletely burnt?

Question

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Answer 1

The products are CO and H2O
The reaction between CH4 and O2 ( incomplete combustion ) is :
2 CH4 + 3 O2 >> 2 CO + 4 H2O


The reaction between CH4 and O2 ( complete combustion ) is :
CH4 + 2 O2 >> CO2 + 2 H2O

Answer 2

When hydrocarbons are incompletely burnt (as in an auto engine) the products of combustion include water vapor, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide (carbon monoxide forms only when combustion is incomplete). Depending on the combustion temperature using air (rather than pure oxygen) nitrogen compounds (NOx's) may also form. Few may realize that when we burn a gallon of gasoline we also produce about a gallon of water (condensed) which appears as steam at the car's tailpipe on a very cold day.

Answer 3

If a hydrocarbon is carefully burnt you get carbon dioxide and water eg C4H8 + 6 O2 ---> 4 CO2 + 4 H2O regardless of if it is incompletely burnt you get carbon monoxide and water C4H8 + 4 O2 ---> 4 CO + 4 H2O Carbon monoxide binds to the haemoglobin on your blood which many times incorporates oxygen and forestalls the oxygen binding and for this reason reduces the oxygen attending on your organs (it is not a competent element!).

Answer 4

I don't think the first two answerers read the question.

A variety of things can be produced when a hydrocarbon is INcompletely burnt. Carbon monoxide is a substantial product, as are short simple hydrocarbon chains of various length.

Answer 5

Complete combustion of hydrocarbons produces carbon dioxide and water. For example:

C(3)H(8) + 5 O(2) ===> 3 CO(2) + 4 H(2)O

Incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons produces carbon MONoxide:

C(3)H(8) + 4 O(2) ===> 2 CO + CO(2) + 4 H(2)O

Or, if it is really incomplete, it can produce carbon black (soot):

C(3)H(8) + 2 O(2) ===> 3 C + 4 H(2)O

Answer 6

depends on the nature of the hydrocarbon. For alkanes, it would be carbon monoxide and water
CH4 + 2O2 --> 2CO + 2H2O

this occurs commonly in vehicles

Answer 7

carbon solids (sooth), Carbon Monoxide