What is the balanced equation for sugar+oxygen burning to carbon dioxide+water?

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What is the balanced equation for sugar+oxygen burning to carbon dioxide+water?

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Answer 1 · 2014-12-15T12:45:56

Sugars are a white crystalline group of soluble carbohydrates that are very sweet-tasting in nature. Sugar molecules include glucose, fructose, sucrose, lactose, maltose, and galactose, classified into two groups: monosaccharides and disaccharides.

Glucose - $C_{6} H_{12} O_{6}$ $C_6H_12O_6$ - is a monosaccharide and its combustion reaction is

$C_{6} H_{12} O_{6} + 9 O_{2} \to 6 C O_{2} + 6 H_{2} O$ $C_6H_12O_6 + 9O_2 -> 6CO_2 + 6H_2O$

Sucrose ( $C_{12} H_{22} O_{11}$ $C_12H_22O_11$ ) - commonly called table sugar - is a disaccharide produced as glucose and fructose are joined together by a condensation reaction:

$C_{6} H_{12} O_{6} + C_{6} H_{12} O_{6} \to C_{12} H_{22} O_{11} + H_{2} O$ $C_6H_12O_6 + C_6H_12O_6 -> C_12H_22O_11 + H_2O$

Sucrose's combustion reaction is

$C_{12} H_{22} O_{11} + 12 O_{2} \to 12 C O_{2} + 11 H_{2} O$ $C_12H_22O_11 + 12O_2 -> 12CO_2 + 11H_2O$

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