CH-1293
Air pollutants
Chemistry · Secondary 4 · Medium · Air pollutants
In a petrol engine, incomplete combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel such as octane, C8H18, can produce carbon monoxide, CO. Which equation correctly represents such incomplete combustion?
- C8H18 + 8.5O2 → 8CO + 9H2O
- C8H18 + 12.5O2 → 8CO2 + 9H2O
- C8H18 + 25O2 → 8CO + 9H2O
- C8H18 → 8C + 9H2O
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