Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Fuels

Fuels — practice question

The table lists some properties of four fuels. Which fuel is a gas at room temperature and produces two products when it burns in an excess of air?

  • Ahydrogen, $\text{H}_2$, melting point $-259\,^{\circ}\text{C}$, boiling point $-253\,^{\circ}\text{C}$
  • Bmethane, $\text{CH}_4$, melting point $-182\,^{\circ}\text{C}$, boiling point $-164\,^{\circ}\text{C}$
  • Coctane, $\text{C}_8\text{H}_{18}$, melting point $-57\,^{\circ}\text{C}$, boiling point $126\,^{\circ}\text{C}$
  • Dwax, $\text{C}_{31}\text{H}_{64}$, melting point $60\,^{\circ}\text{C}$, boiling point $400\,^{\circ}\text{C}$

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