Gaseous butane will react with gaseous oxygen to produce gaseous carbon dioxide and gaseous water. Suppose 10. g of butane is mixed with 61.0 g of oxygen. Calculate the maximum mass of carbon dioxide that could be produced by the chemical reaction. Be sure your answer has the correct number of significant digits.

Butane is the 4th member of alkane series. It has 4 carbon atoms.

First write a balanced equation for the combustion of butane as follows;

2C4H10 + 13O2 = ==> 8CO2 + 10H2O

from the balanced equation,

2C4H10 weigh 2[ (12 x 4) + (1 x 10) ]

=2 (48 + 10)

= 116g

13O2 weigh 13 (16 x 2)

=13 x 32

= 416g

8CO2 weigh 8[ 12 + (16 x 2) ]

8 x (12 + 32)

352g

From the equation, 116g of buthane produced 352g of carbon dioxide

10g of buthane will produce 10*116:352 =