Pentanol is a liquid hydrocarbon composed mostly of carbon and hydrogen atoms and has the chemical formula C5H11OH. Gaseous oxygen (also know as molecular oxygen) is a diatomic molecule composed of two oxygen atoms with the formula O2). If you mix these two chemicals under standard conditions (room temperature and atmospheric pressure), absolutely nothing will happen. But the addition of a tiny spark will ignite the chemical reaction known as combustion. This is the burning...
Pentanol is a liquid hydrocarbon composed mostly of carbon and hydrogen atoms and has the chemical formula C5H11OH. Gaseous oxygen (also know as molecular oxygen) is a diatomic molecule composed of two oxygen atoms with the formula O2). If you mix these two chemicals under standard conditions (room temperature and atmospheric pressure), absolutely nothing will happen. But the addition of a tiny spark will ignite the chemical reaction known as combustion. This is the burning (or spontaneous oxidation) of a fuel source (like pentanol) in the presence of oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water vapor. The reaction is depicted chemically below:
C5H11OH + (15/2)O2 --> 5CO2 + 6H2O
To remove the fraction from the coefficient in front of the oxygen species, multiply the entire equation by 2:
2C5H11OH + 15O2 --> 10CO2 + 12H20
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