Hydrocarbon combustion is used to introduce general reaction concepts in ideal and applied systems. Green Chemistry principles provide the framework to discuss waste, toxicity and renewable feedstocks ...

This innovative bismuth oxide catalyst allows for the selective combustion of acetylene, potentially transforming industrial ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have discovered a new method by which a catalyst can be used to ...

Researchers have discovered how a catalyst can be used to selectively burn one molecule in a mixture of hydrocarbons, which ...

Researchers have discovered a method by which a catalyst can be used to selectively burn one molecule in hydrocarbons.

Hydrocarbons react with oxygen to create carbon dioxide and water which releases heat. Can be used to recap on combustion reactions for hydrocarbons or could lead into a classroom discussion on ...

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (02/18/2024) — For the first time, researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities discovered a new method by which a catalyst can be used to selectively burn one ...

Combustion is burning a fuel in oxygen, which gives out heat energy and is called an exothermic reaction. Our main source of fuel is from fossil fuels. The alkanes and alkenes are examples of ...