Friday, February 4, 2011

Chemistry

When Ethanol and Oxygen combine, a combustion reaction occurs, which means that the result will always be CO2 and H2O.
 The chemical equation of this reaction looks like this:

C2H5OH + O => CO2 + H2O

In order to balance your chemical equation, you must place coefficients in front of chemicals to balance the number of each elements.


C2H5OH + 3 O2 => 2 CO2 + 3 H2O