What are the products of the combustion of alkanes?
A)Carbon and hydrogen
B)Carbon and water
C)Carbon dioxide and hydrogen
D)Carbon dioxide and water

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When alkanes undergo complete combustion (i.e. in the presence of excess oxygen), they produce carbon dioxide and water. This reaction can be represented by the general equation: 
CnH2n+2 + (3n+1/2)O2 → nCO2 + (n+1)H2O

What Are the Products of the Combustion of Alkanes