In poorly ventilated spaces, portable heaters burning liquid fuels like octane, C8H18\text{C}_8\text{H}_{18}C8H18, can produce toxic gases due to incomplete combustion.
Write the balanced symbol equation for the incomplete combustion of octane, C8H18\text{C}_8\text{H}_{18}C8H18, where all of the carbon atoms form carbon monoxide.
130 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Chemistry 9.1 Fuels, covering 9.1.1 Hydrocarbons and crude oil, 9.1.2 Fractional distillation of crude oil and its fractions, 9.1.3 The alkanes as a homologous series, 9.1.4 Complete and incomplete combustion, 9.1.5 Pollutants from burning fuels, 9.1.6 Hydrogen as a fuel and non-renewable fossil fuels, and 9.1.7 Cracking of larger alkanes. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.