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Burning can mean two different things in chemistry: Usually it refers to combustion, but especially with hydrocarbons, it could also mean pyrolysis or "cracking".

Combustion of straight-chain alkanes (normal carbon-hydrogen structures) follows the formula:

CnH2n+2 + (2n)O2 ----> (n)CO2 + (2n)H2O + heat

where n is a positive integer.

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