How many moles of carbon monoxide gas are produced by each mole of methane burned?

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Todd Skelton · Answer 1 · 2022-10-03T14:00:14+0000

1 mole of Carbon monoxide gas are produced by each mole of methane burned

Given

Combustion of methane

Required

moles of Carbon monoxide

Solution

Complete combustion of Hydrocarbons with Oxygen will be obtained by CO₂ and H₂O compounds.

If O₂ is insufficient there will be incomplete combustion produced by CO and H₂O

Reaction

2CH4 + 3O2 → 2CO + 4H2O

From the equation, mol ratio of CH4 : CO = 2 : 2, so mol CO = mol CH4 = 1 mole