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Hydrocarbons and most carbon compounds burn in oxygen to mainly form which two products?
ACarbon and water vapour
BCarbon monoxide and hydrogen
CCarbon dioxide and water
DCarbon dioxide and hydrogen
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Carbon dioxide and water
1. In combustion the carbon compound combines with oxygen and gives heat and light.
2. All the bonds break and carbon ends up as carbon dioxide.
3. The hydrogen ends up as water.
4. So the common products are carbon dioxide and water.
_Source: Balbharati (Maharashtra Board) Class 10 Science & Technology, Ch 9 "Carbon Compounds", p.132_
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