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angie19 angie19
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8 years ago
#1) describe at the atomic level what happens to the molecules in a fuel during combustion


#2) Gasoline is a mixture of hydrocarbons, none of which contain Nitrogen.
Explain how the combustion of gasoline in automobiles can be considered to be major source of the production of NOx compounds.
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8 years ago
during combustion atoms of the fuels get oxidized like if a fuel has Carbon and hydrogen then its atoms oxidized to CO2 and H2O
Though gasoline has no N in it but during combustion in the presence of air (N2 is major component of air) a lrage amount of heat is released.This results in the oxidation of N2 to( NO )x
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