Consider the mixture of ethanol, C 2 H 5 OH, and O 2 shown in the accompanying

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Consider the mixture of ethanol, C2H5OH, and O2 shown in the accompanying diagram.

(a) Write a balanced equation for the combustion reaction that occurs between ethanol and oxygen.

(b) Which reactant is the limiting reactant?

(c) How many molecules of CO2, H2O, C2H5OH, and O2 will be present if the reaction goes to completion?

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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 9780321910417

13th Edition

Authors: Theodore E. Brown, H. Eugene LeMay, Bruce E. Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew E. Stoltzfus

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