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Fire: as a chemical reaction

Atoms are conserved across chemical reactions. Molecules are not but are

rearranged in different molecules. Usual rigmarole...balance the carbons as

carbon dioxide......and then the hydrogens as water, AND then balance the

Stoichiometrically (exact proportions) Oxygen = 1

At complete combustion (Oxygen = 1) = oxygens... C6H12O6 + 6 O2 = 6 CO2 + 6 H2O

products of combustion CO and H O.
Biomass Oxygen CO2 Water
2
2

NB Energy or matter can neither be created or destroyed only transformed

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