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When ethanol, C2H5OH (a component in some gasoline mixtures) is burned in air, one molecule of ethanol combines with three oxygen molecules to form two CO2 molecules and three H2O molecules.
a) Draw two molecular-sized models: one for the reactant mixture and one the product mixture! Use different colors or different shading to indicate the identity of the atoms.
b) Write the balanced chemical equation for the reaction described.
c) How many molecules of CO2 and H2O would be produced when 2 molecules ethanol are consumed? Equation?
d) How many H2O molecules are formed, then 9 O2 molecules are consumed? What conversion factor did you use? Explain!
e) If 15 ethanol molecules react, how many molecules O2 must also react? What conversion factor did you use? Explain!