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Combustion is where a substance reacts with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water.
Example: methane burning is CH4 + 2O2 --> CO2 + 2H2O
Decomposition is where one substance breaks down into two or more simpler substances.
Example: decomp of hydrogen peroxide is 2H2O2 --> 2H2O + O2
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What is the difference between a closed combustion furnace and open combustion furnace?
what is the purpose of refractory lining in furnace
What type of simple chemical reaction takes place in fireworks?
Rapid oxidisation Correct Answer a combustion reaction
What are the three ways that chemical bonds form?
by combustion, synthesis, and decomposition
What are three other ways to classify oxidation-reduction reactions?
Combustion, Syntheses, and Decomposition
Difference between rusting and combustion?
Rusting is much slower than combustion, and rusting in the strictest sense can occur only with iron or its alloys.
Does natural gas explode by combustion or decomposition?
decomposition, of course
What is the difference between spontaneous combustion and rapid combustion?
differentiate rapid combustion to spontaneous combustion
Is burning of oxygen combustion or decomposition?
Combustion. Any reaction that has O2 as a reactant is combustion.
What are the difference between respiration and combustion?
Respiration is breathing Combustion is burning
The reaction type that has only one reactant is?
decomposition reaction has only one reactant
What about combustion reaction makes them different from either synthesis or decomposition reaction?
The short answer is combustion reactions are a subset of synthesis reactions that require one of the reactants to be oxygen. Common combustion of organic molecules results in the formation of CO2 . However, it is not required that combustion be limited to organic molecules. They are different from decomposition reactions in the same way synthesis is the opposite of decomposition.
What is the difference between a closed combustion furnace and open combustion furnace?
what is the purpose of refractory lining in furnace
What is the difference between internal combustion engine and heat engine?
Difference between diesel engine and old steam engine?
The main difference between a diesel and a steam engine is the diesel engine is an internal combustion and the steam engine is external combustion.
What type of simple chemical reaction takes place in fireworks?
Rapid oxidisation Correct Answer a combustion reaction
What are the three ways that chemical bonds form?
by combustion, synthesis, and decomposition
What is difference between hydrogen combustion and compressed natural gas combustion?
All types of combustions are oxidation reactions.
