Is combustion a chemcial change

Anonymous

∙ 9y ago

Updated: 8/21/2019

Combustion clearly is a chemical change. In the combustion of a hydrocarbon, for example, you begin with the hydrocarbon and after combustion you end up with carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O). This demonstrates that a chemical change has taken place.

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∙ 9y ago

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