Re: Combustion Stoichiometry -- Incomplete Information

The point that stumps me is that the problem states the amount of
carbon dioxide and water produced as a result of the complete
combustion (i.e. implicates excess oxygen). They also provide the
molecular mass of the compound limonin. Unfortunately, I can't figure
out a way to determine the amount of oxygen which is contributed by the
oxygen in limonin and the amount contributed by the atmospheric oxygen.

The "A" in the mathematical equation should have been a lower case "a."
This was my attempt to derive a generalized equation for calculating
the coefficients of a standard combustion reaction of the form stated.
Unfortunately, I don't think enough terms are defined.

Ergo, I believe there is "not enough information." But, I'm not
positive.

Attila the Bum wrote:
> There may have been too much
> stuffed into a single post. Break
> it down in to smaller chunks?
>
> Ya know, undergrads get taught
> this stuff all the time, and they
> never use it in the after-grad.
>
> I think it's one of the most fundamental
> facets in the spectrum of concepts
> general chemistry is able to use to
> drill it into people's heads that there
> is a coherency to the belief in
> atoms, molecules, and reactions.
>
> BTW, I didn't see where "A"
> referred to in the last two lines
> of the post has been defined.
>
>
> Atty (So Tom Cruise knows the
> history of psychiatry, eh |-)

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