All combustion reactions give off heat into their surroundings ... sometimes the energy is released as light. For example, glowsticks release light without increasing in temperature.

This module connects ideas across topics in a first semester introductory chemistry course to explore the impacts of combustion reactions. By motivating students to understand the relationship between ...

Complete combustion of alkenes produces carbon dioxide ... group C=C – the part of the molecule that takes part in reactions. Alkanes, in contrast, do not have a functional group and are less ...