In message , Clark
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"M. J. Powell" wrote in newsKqxbJmQDe2
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In message , Ron Parsons
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"M. J. Powell" wrote:

Does anyone know the products of combustion of, say, a ton, of jet fuel?


Hmmm.... hydrocarbons plus oxygen.... about two tons of carbon dioxide
and water vapor?

Oxygen?

Yup, that's what "burning" requires. Generally, the atmosphere supplies it in
the form of O2.

I was asking about the products of combustion.

How much water vapour for one ton of fuel?

Hydrocarbons have about 2 hydrogens (CnH2n+2 for alkanes, CnH2n for Alkenes,
etc.) for every carbon. Using decane (C10) or undecane (C11) to represent jet
fuel may be reasonable - the density looks about right. You can figure an
average molecular weight somewhere in the large neighborhood of 150 #/#-mole
(that'll get you a rough number for molecules in a ton). The chemical balance
and actual computation are left as an exercise for the student...

Do I understand that you don't know?

Mike
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M.J.Powell