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19 January, 03:06

An automobile gasoline tank holds 21 kg of gasoline. when the gasoline burns, 84 kg of oxygen is consumed, and carbon dioxide and water are produced. what is the total combined mass of carbon dioxide and water that is produced?

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  1. 19 January, 03:35
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    21 kg + 85 kg = 106 kg

    This is as straightforward as it gets. If however you need to determine how much of each product is produced, then the balanced equation is a must.

    Usually, gasoline is expressed as octane in combustion reactions, which means that the balanced equation for its combustion is

    2 C8 H18 + 25 O2 →16C O2 + 18 H2 O

    But, like I've said, for the combined mass of the products all you really need to know is the combined mass of the reactants.

    Addendum

    Let's say you want to know exactly how much of each compound is formed. In this case, you must check for a limiting reagent. The number of moles of octane is

    21⋅ 103 g⋅ 1 mole octane114.0 g = 184.2 moles

    The number of moles of oxygen is

    85⋅ 103 g⋅ 1 mole O2 32.0 g = 2656 moles

    According to the mole ratio between these two, each 2 moles of octane need 25 moles of oxygen, so

    noxygen that reacts = noctane ⋅ 252 = 2303 moles, which means that octane is the limiting reagent. The actual mass of oxygen that reacts is

    2303 moles⋅ 32.0 g1 mole = 73.7 kg

    This means that the combined mass of the produced water and carbond dioxide is actually

    21 kg+73.7 kg=94.7 kg

    85 kg-73.7 kg=11.3 kg of oxygen will not react. If you want to count this oxygen as well, the total combined mass of the products will again be 106 kg.
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