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What is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by burning one pound of fossil fuels?
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∙ 11y ago
First, it should be understood that the gallon of gas will not create any carbon. All the carbon due to the gallon of gas is already there, in and part of the gas(oline). It amounts to about 12/14 of the gasoline, so the carbon content of a gallon of gasoline is 12/14 of 6.2 lb (wt of a gallon of gasoline), or about 5.3 lb of carbon. It will still be 5.3 lb of carbon even if you burn it, since matter is not destroyed in a chemical reaction.
If the question is how much carbon dioxide, the simplest answer is that there is about 3.2 times as much carbon dioxide produced in burning alkanes (like octane) as the weight of the alkane.
A gallon of gas weighs about 6.2 lb and will combine with oxygen to make about 3.2x6.2 or 20 lb of CO2.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoA gallon of gasoline, which weighs 6.2 lbs, produces 20 lbs of carbon dioxide when it is burned! The extra weight comes from the oxygen.
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∙ 12y agoAbout 19.4 lbs of carbon dioxide from one gallon of gasoline.
A petrol (gasoline) engine will produce around 2.32 kg of carbon dioxide for each litre of petrol consumed (19.4 lb/gal).
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∙ 11y agoAbout 2.8 pounds. C12 combines with 2 O16 atoms in the air to form CO2.
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∙ 15y ago1.8g/L
6.822g/G
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∙ 15y ago1 gram
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