Question

Saloni took a piece of burning charcoal and collected the gas evolved in a test tube.
Write down word equations of all the reactions taking place in this process.

Answer 1

Major constituent of charcoal is carbon. Carbon is a non-metal. It reacts with oxygen to form carbon dioxide gas. The reaction involved is:
$Charcoal+Oxygen\to Carbondioxide$
$C+O_2\to C{O}_2$