Combustion+Reaction+Shooshanian

=COMBUSTION REACTION: Shooshanian=

In a combustion reaction, all elements are combined with oxygen. In a combustion equation, there will always be CO2 since this type of reaction involves fire.

The generic form of combustion is
 * Cx+ Hy+O2--->CO2+H2O**

An example sentence of this is Carbon tetrahydrogen and oxygen are heated to form carbon dioxide and water. To put this in sentence form, the begining would be CaH4+O but since O alone is diatomic, it is O2. Next, Carbon dioxide is CO2 and water is H2O
 * CH4+O2--->**
 * --->CO2+H2O**

Then to balance it, you have to add a 2 in front of the H2O.
 * CH4+O2--->CO2+H2O**


 * CH4+O2--->CO2+2H2O**

//This is a combustion reaction// http://www.cdc.gov/eLCOSH/docs/d0400/d000485/image3.jpg

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