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Where does the energy to cook food come from when a gas stove burns natural gas CH4 and oxygen O2?
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∙ 15y ago
The reaction CH4 + 2O2 ----> CO2 + 2H2O releases heat, it is an exothermic reaction.
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Is is a physical or chemical change when natural gas burns in a stove?
Natural gas, gasoline, fuel oil, coal, and LPG burning are all chemical reactions ( chemical changes ). The reactants ( fuel and oxygen ) react yielding primarily CO2 and H2O., which are different chemical species than the reactants.
What could chloroplast be compared to in a restaurant?
it could be compared to a stove because the stove provides electrical energy for the making of the food
What are all types of gasses found in the home?
hopefully oxygen, carbon dioxide hairspray and things like that.
Why don't methane and oxygen react immediately?
For any chemical reaction, there is what is called an activation energy that is required to make that reaction happen. Methane and oxygen both exist as molecules in which there are molecular bonds. In methane, the carbon is bonded to the hydrogen, and in diatomic oxygen, the two oxygen atoms are bonded to each other. So, before the oxygen can bond to the carbon and the hydrogen, all of those existing bonds have to be broken. Once the process begins it is self-sustaining, because it releases a lot of energy, more than enough to break the existing bonds in methane and oxygen. But you still need the activation energy to get things started. This would normally come in the form of a spark. It just takes one small spark to set off an explosion, if you have a mixture of methane and oxygen. Or a pilot light, to light your gas stove.
Will natural gas stove light if set up for propane?
Yes as long as the conversion to propane has been made
What energy is gas on stove?
The energy comes from the gas which is usually a hydrocarbon fuel. The fuel produces heat energy when it burns with oxygen in the air. The burning process releases chemical potential energy in the carbon. Carbon dioxide is produced and the carbon-oxygen chemical bonds in the carbon dioxide release heat when they are formed. Most of the carbon in the gas was originally taken from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by the action of plants. With the Sun's heat the plants separated out the carbon and oxygen, which resulted in stored energy, and that is the energy that runs the gas stove.
When a gas stove burns propane gas to cook food what energy transformation is taking place?
chemical energy to heat energy
What kind of energy does a gas stove use?
A gas stove uses natural gas or propane.
Is is a physical or chemical change when natural gas burns in a stove?
Natural gas, gasoline, fuel oil, coal, and LPG burning are all chemical reactions ( chemical changes ). The reactants ( fuel and oxygen ) react yielding primarily CO2 and H2O., which are different chemical species than the reactants.
Can energy be released when matter can it be absorbed can a change in matter in matter take place in which energy is neither released nor absorbed?
Energy can be released when matter changes. For example when something burns, such as natural gas (methane) combining with oxygen from the air, such as happens in a gas stove, to form carbon dioxide and water and release lots of energy. If you use a gas stove, this is how you cook. Energy can be absorbed when matter changes. For example, when ice in your glass absorbs heat from the room and melts, a phase change from ice to water, energy is absorbed. Matter can change without either net absorption or net release of energy, but some energy may be borrowed to enable the change and then returned after the change.
Is a gas stove a chemical reaction?
Burning a fuel is a chemical change. Two or more substances are combined and new substances are produced with different properties than the original substances. In other words the gas and oxygen in the air are combined to form carbon dioxide and smoke.
Why gas cylinder does not catch fire when the burner is on?
Because fire needs oxygen to burn and there is no oxygen inside the cylinder. It is almost impossible for the gas inside to catch fire.
What kind of energy does a stove use?
If it is a gas stove it will use kinetic energy from a chemical reaction, adding it as potential energy (molecular motion) to the molecules of whatever is heated. In an electric stove, electrical energy becomes radiant thermal energy, some of which becomes potential energy in whatever is heated.
How is a stove thermal energy?
It IS not energy; it HAS energy.
What form of energy does a saucepan boiling on the stove use?
The heat energy from the stove, which in turn comes from the burning of the chemical energy in the gas that is burning, or from the electrical energy, depending on the type of stove.
What is a wood pellet stove?
A wood pellet stove is a stove that burns pellets or wood. Burning the wood or pellets creates a source of heat for homes or businesses.
What type of gas comes from the stove?
Well a fire normally needs Gas Air and Oxygen so it burns when you turn the gas on the fire will automatically shows up because you are completing the triangle to make fire which is GAS+AIR+OXYGEN=fire
