Question

Isopropanol burns in oxygen to yield carbon dioxide, water, and heat. Which word equation best represents this chemical reaction?

Answer 1

Answer:

                      2 C₃H₈O  +  9 O₂    →    6 CO₂  +  8 H₂O

Explanation:

This is the combustion reaction in which Isopropanol, an organic compound is burnt in the presence of Oxygen to produce Carbon dioxide and water vapors.

The General reaction is as,

                Isopropanol  +  Oxygen    →    Carbon dioxide  +  Water

Chemical formulae of above compounds and molecule are,

Isopropanol =  C₃H₈O

Oxygen  =  O₂

Carbon Dioxide  =  CO₂

Water  =  H₂O

Hence, the balance chemical equation can be written as,

                      2 C₃H₈O  +  9 O₂    →    6 CO₂  +  8 H₂O

Answer 2

The chemical reactions are those reactions in which the reactants undergo chemical changes to form two or more compounds or substances known as products.

The word equation that represents the reaction is:

$\begin{aligned}\text{Isopropanol + Oxygen } \rightarrow \text{Carbon dioxide + Water + Heat} \end{aligned}$

The reaction can be explained as:

• Isopropanol is an organic compound with the molecular formula $\rm (C_{3}H_{8}O)$ and undergoes a combustion reaction to produce carbon dioxide, water and release heat.

• A reaction that undergoes burning or heating to produce other substances is called a combustion reaction and here isopropanol undergoes a combustion reaction.

• The balanced chemical reaction of isopropanol can be written as:

$\begin{aligned}\rm 2C_{3}H_{8}O + 9 O_{2} \rightarrow 6 CO_{2}+ 8 H_{2}O\end{aligned}$

Therefore, the word equation that represents the reaction is:

$\begin{aligned}\text{Isopropanol + Oxygen } \rightarrow \text{Carbon dioxide + Water + Heat} \end{aligned}$

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