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A propane burning engine is being evaluated and the exhaust gascollected on a dry basis is 10.1% CO2, 1.1% CO, 4.7% O2 and 84.1%N2. During the test, 0.50 kg of fuel is burned and 1.73 m3 ofexhaust gas (again dry) was collected at 15°C and 108 kPa. However,after the test someone questions whether it was really propane thatwas burned. Using the data above, specify what hydrocarbon wasburned.

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Well in a hydrocarbon mix you will have several compounds and also impurities If a dry gas is burned it will be a mixture that con go from C1 to C7 and impurities As youre specifying propane the combustion equation is as follows C3H8g 5 O2g 3 CO2g 4 H2Og So you are seeing that youre no obtaining an    See Answer
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