Lawrie Ryan and Roger Norris Solutions for Chapter: Hydrocarbons, Exercise 4: Question

Predict what would happen if an octane was added to a solution of sodium hydroxide. Explain your answer.

Give the balanced symbol equation for the complete combustion of heptane, ${\mathrm{C}}_7{\mathrm{H}}_{16}$, giving carbon dioxide and water.

Give the balanced symbol equation for the incomplete combustion of methane, ${\mathrm{CH}}_4$ giving Carbon monoxide and water.

Give the balanced symbol equation for the incomplete combustion of nonane, ${\mathrm{C}}_9{\mathrm{H}}_{20}$ giving Carbon monoxide and water. 

Name two pollutants from a car engine that can be oxidised in a catalytic convertor.

Name a pollutant that is reduced in a catalytic converter.

Which pollutant from a car engine is not reduced by the catalytic converter? What environmental problem does this pollutant contribute to?