Imagine you have to make a cannon tomorrow. Your tools? Two tennisball cans, 18 inches of tape, and your design. That's all!
So that's what me and my group members get to do. Our design so far is to make one of the tennisball cans be a prop for the other, and then drill a hole near the bottom. From the hole we'll fill the can with 99% ethanol gas, which will then be lit on fire - and hopefully, we'll be rewarded with a BOOM.
First, however, we have to think about chemical reactions concerning Ethanol and Oxygen. When Ethanol and Oxygen are added together, it's called a combustion reaction, meaning that no matter what, the result is going to be CO2 and H2O.
In order to do this, we need to balance the chemical equation.
C2H5OH + O2 => CO2 + H2O
In order to balance your chemical equation, you must place coefficients in front of chemicals to balance the number of each elements.
C2H5OH + 3 O2 => 2 CO2 + 3 H2O
Yes. Perfect!
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