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Burning gasoline - chemical reaction.

Burning gasoline - When we "burn" gasoline, we are combusting it or combining it with oxygen. That's why engines need a source of oxygen-containing air, and why engines emit carbon dioxide as a by-product of combustion.

Source of equation: Richard E. Barrans Jr., Newton Ask-a-scientist.


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