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What are the products of an incomplete combustion?
CO2 and H2O are the products of a *complete* combustion, but will you still get carbon dioxide and water, plus other stuff in an incomplete reaction?
3 Answers
- RossKLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Assuming that the fuel is hydrocarbon, yes, you will still generally get CO2 and H20, however, if the combustion is O2 deprived, there will also be H2 and CO liberated from the reaction. If the combustion is very O2 deprived and low energy, the products could be almost exclusively H2 and CO with very little, if any, CO2 and H2O formed. This is the principle of creating "Producer Gas" also called "Syngas" which is formed from the incomplete combustion of wood fiber.
- Anonymous8 years ago
Although you weren't clear, this sounds like a limiting reagent problem. If you want to determine the amount of product you get from the combustion you need to be given the amount of the molar mass of the compound and the amount of sample. But you didn't give any equation in your description.
