What is the balanced chemical equation for: Liquid methanol (CH3OH) combusted in oxygen gas to yield carbon dioxide gas and liquid water?

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Meave60 · Media Owl
Aug 22, 2014

The balanced chemical equation for the combustion of liquid methanol in oxygen gas to yield carbon dioxide gas and liquid water is:

#"2""CH"_3"O""H""(l)"# + #"3""O"_2"(g)"# #rarr# #"2""CO"_2"(g)"# + #"4""H"_2"O""(l)"#

If you multiply the coefficients (the numbers in front) times the subscripts for each element in each formula, you will find that there are 2 atoms of carbon, 8 atoms of hydrogen, and 8 atoms of oxygen on both sides of the equation, so it is balanced.

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