Write the balanced equation for the combustion of isooctane to produce water vapor and carbon dioxide gas. assuming gasoline is isooctane, with a density of g/ml, what is the theoretical yield of carbon dioxide produced by the combustion of gal of gasoline (the approximate annual consumption of gasoline in the united states)?

The yield is 16 moles of CO2 per 2 moles of isooctane.

The mass of CO2 is 1.15 billion tonnes

Explanation:

First we set the unbalanced equation:

Now we proceed to balance the equation:

With the equation balanced, we see that the theoretical yield is 16 moles of CO2 per 2 moles of isooctane and we can proceed to make calculations with the following data:

Knowing the different relations between mass, density and molar mass, we have the following results:

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