Limiting reactants

Question

Liquid hexane CH3CH24CH3

 will react with gaseous oxygen O2

 to produce gaseous carbon dioxide CO2

 and gaseous water H2O

. Suppose 7.76 g of hexane is mixed with 55. g of oxygen. Calculate the maximum mass of carbon dioxide that could be produced by the chemical reaction. Be sure your answer has the correct number of significant digits.

Answer 1

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