A level Chemistry: Unit 6a Combustion and

the consequences
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Write word equations for the following reactions
1. Complete combustion of methane

2. Complete combustion of propane

3. Incomplete combustion of ethane involving a solid product

4. Complete combustion of octane

5. Incomplete combustion of butane to all gaseous products

Write balanced symbol equations for the following reactions

6. Complete combustion of Butane

7. Incomplete combustion of propane to fully gaseous products

Answer the following questions on reactions involving sulphur

8. Complete combustion of ethanthiol

9. What is the problem with the above reaction

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10. Write 3 balanced symbol equations for the removal of sulphur from thiols like ethanthiol

11. Classify the 3 reactions above

Answer the following questions on reactions involving nitrogen
1. Write a fully balnced symbol equation for the formation of nitrogen monoxide in a car engine

2. Classify this reaction: …………………..………………..………………..………………..…………….…

3. What allows this reaction to happen? (these reactants don’t normally react in air)
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4. Write a fully balanced symbol equation to show how nitrogen monoxide reacts further via 2 steps to
produce nitric acid

5. Classify the first step of the above reactions: …………………..………………..………………..………

Answer the following questions on carbon

6. What are the possible products of incomplete combustion and what are the problems associated
with them?

Product of incomplete
Problem with it
combustion

Answer the following questions on the reaction involved in a catalytic

convertor
7. Write a fully balanced symbol equation to show how a catalytic convertor converts carbon
monoxide into less harmful products.

8. What has happened to the carbon and nitrogen in the above reaction?
Carbon: …………………..………………..………………..………………..…………….………………….
Nitrogen: ………………..………………..………………..………………..…………….………………….
9. Catalytic convertors also convert unburnt fuel into carbon dioxide, write a fully balanced symbol
equation for this reaction with octane