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Kurraga
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Kurraga asked in Science & MathematicsChemistry · 9 years ago

What reaction would this be? (Gasses)?

Hi, I'm terrible at chemistry. I've got a problem that says

"A [volume] mixture of Hydrogen methane and carbon dioxide is explaoded with [volume] of oxygen" What does this mean?

And then the smae mixture is "treated with KOH" what does that mean?

I'm looking for the equations (Mostly the reactions, balanced or unbalanced is fine) I'd use to solve this this (I can do the maths bits myself). I don't want the full solution so I didn't post the exact question. Also explanation of why the reactions occur would be appreciated.

I'm assuming you get water with the Hydrogen and the Oxygen, is that correct? If you do get water would that not be counted when considering the mixture (because it's not a gas)?

Any help would be appreciated.

Update:

I forgot a comma. Hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide. Three things. And the [Volume] is supposed to indicate it's the same volume of Oxygen as the mixture of H2 Ch4 and C02 (I don't know if that's relevant or not).

Update 2:

Would it be

H2 + CO2 + Ch4 + O2 → H2O + CO2 ? (Before balancing?)

What about the KOH + CO2? What do I get? What sort of substances are they?

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  • Dr W
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
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    balanced FIRST reaction...

    a H2 + b CO2 + c CH4 + (a/2+2c) O2 ---> (a+2c) H2O + (b+c) CO2

    balanced SECOND reaction

    a H2 + b CO2 + c CH4 + b KOH ---> a H2 + b KHCO3 + c CH4

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    whats with the [volume] parts?

    if by "explaoded" you mean a hydrocarbon combustion reacton, the resultants are always h2o and co2

    so : O2 + H2(CH4) = H20 + O2 ??

    CH4 is methane, H2 is hydrogen and O2 is oxygen.. what the hell is hydrogen methane?

    now that i tried to put that into an equation i realized, hydrogen methane is not a complex ion that i am aware of. or an element.

    so, re-word your question. sorry

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