Question

A 250 Kg tank of liquid butane (C4H10) burns to produce carbon dioxide at 120C. What volume of carbon dioxide is produced at 1 Atm?

Answer 1

Best Answer

4 C4H1O + 15 O2 → 16 CO2 + 2 H2O

(250 kg) / (65.0505 g C4H10/mol) x (16/4) x (22.414 L CO2/mol) x

((120 + 273) / 273) = 496 kL CO2