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Q.
The final product of oxidation of a hydrocarbon is
Hydrocarbons
Solution:
Complete oxidation of a hydrocarbon is represented as:
$C _{x} H _{2 y}+\left(\frac{2 x + y }{2}\right) O _{2} \rightarrow xCO _{2}+ yH _{2} O$
$\underset{\text { Methane }}{ CH _{4}}+2 O _{2} \rightarrow CO _{2}+2 H _{2} O$
$\underset{\text { Ethane }}{ C _{2} H _{4}}+3 O _{2} \rightarrow 2 CO _{2}+2 H _{2} O$
All hydrocarbons saturated or unsaturated on complete combustion always produce $CO _{2}$ and $H _{2} O$.