بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
I was looking at some kinetic and equilibrium related notes from last semester and I had a reaction written down:
2C6H14 + 19O2 <–> 12CO2 + 14H2O
(in language for Spiderman or non science people)
simple gasoline + air <–> CO2 + water
At room temperature, (and exposed to air=O2) what happens to an open barrel of gasoline?
It just sits there. You don’t see water flying everywhere and CO2 fuming.
But according to my notebook calculations, that reaction is product favored at room temperature. Product favored means that at equilibrium, there is more CO2 and H2O than gasoline. Equilibrium means when the concentrations of both sides of the reaction are not changing anymore. So why isn’t there water flying everywhere when you open the nozzle to fill your car up with gasoline? (more…)
