What is the chemical equation of reaction that occurs when natural gas burns?

Answer 1

Natural gas is mixture of gases, but is usually considered to be methane. The equations for the combustion of methane is of course pretty basic. Combustion or burning means you add oxygen gas (O2) which you will remember is diatomic. The products are always assumed to be carbon dioxide (CO2) and water. The complete combustion reactions is this CH4 + 2 O2 --> CO2 + 2 H2O and gives the blue flame in your bunsen burner or gas stove. By the way, the yellow, sooty flame is incomplete combustion and has this reaction CH4 + O2 --> C + 2 H2O .

Answer 2

The combustion of natural gas (methane) can be represented by the chemical equation: CH4 (g) + 2O2 (g) -> CO2 (g) + 2H2O (g). This reaction produces carbon dioxide and water vapor as the products.