Question

Write the chemical equation that represents the reaction between Carbon and Oxygen that produces Carbon dioxide?

Answer 1

Chemical equation:

• A chemical equation is a representation of a chemical reaction in which the reactants and products are represented by their chemical formulae
• The part of the chemical equation to the left of the sign "$\to$" is the reactant side, while the part to the right of the arrow sign is the product side.

Reaction between Carbon and Oxygen that produces Carbon dioxide:

• Carbon is non-metal.
• Generally, non-metals react with oxygen to form their respective oxides.
• So, carbon reacts with oxygen to form carbon dioxide.
• The balanced chemical equation can be written as:

$\underset{\mathrm{Carbon}}{\mathrm{C}\left(\mathrm{s}\right)}+\underset{\mathrm{Oxygen}}{{\mathrm{O}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)}\to \underset{\mathrm{Carbon}\mathrm{dioxide}}{{\mathrm{CO}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)}$