What are the products of the complete combustion of a hydrocarbon?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Carbon dioxide and water
- Step 1: With enough oxygen, a hydrocarbon burns to give CO2 and H2O.
Answer
Carbon dioxide and water.
Why not the others: Carbon monoxide and hydrogen, Carbon and water and Methane and oxygen don't fit.
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