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name two fossil fuels. list one product each formed when these in burn in air:

(a)sufficient oxygen

(b)insufficient oxygen

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Fossil fuel:

Fossil fuels are fuels formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms.

Two fossil fuels are:

1. Coal:

  • Burning of coal with sufficient oxygen:

Coal + O2 -------------------> CO2 + H2O

  • Burning of coal in insufficient O2:

Coal + O ----------------------------> Co

2. Petrolium:

  • Burning of petrolium in sufficient O2:

Petrolium + O2 ----------------------> CO2 + H2O

  • In insufficient O2:

Petrolium + O -------------------------> CO


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