Incomplete Combustion There isn’t enough oxygen to react completely with the fuel (usually a hydrocarbon) Reactants: Oxygen and usually a hydrocarbon as a fuel Products of incomplete combustion are Carbon, Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide and Water When hydrocarbon burns in air, produces large amounts of the by-products o Carbon dioxide, water, carbon monoxide, pure carbon, nitrogen oxides, etc. The by-products are quite unhealthy and damaging to the environment The flame produces…
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