Question

What is the chemical equation for the combustion of butane ?

Answer 1

Answer
Butane + oxygen $\to$ carbon dioxide + water
s the equation above balanced? How do you know? How would you remove the $\frac{13}{2}$ coefficient for dioxygen?
The reaction above represents complete combustion. Suppose I wanted to model a reaction where some of the hydrocarbon were combusted to CO; how would you represent this?
$2C_4{H}_{10}\left(g\right)+13O_2\left(g\right)\to 8C{O}_2\left(g\right)+10H_{2}O\left(g\right)$
Explanation :
The chemical formula of butane is $C_4{H}_{10}$. The combustion of butane is a reaction between butane and oxygen gas that produces carbon dioxide gas and water.
$2C_4{H}_{10}\left(g\right)+13O_2\left(g\right)\to 8C{O}_2\left(g\right)+10H_{2}O\left(g\right)$