Products of Combustion

10SCIE - Fire & Fuels

Finn Le Sueur

2024

Akoranga 6 Mahi Tuatahi

  1. Collect a crossword as you come in
  2. Glue it into your book
  3. You have 10min to complete the crossword!

Ngā Whāinga Ako

  • Be able to describe the products of combustion
  • Be able to perform the pop, limewater and lighted splint gas tests
  • Be able to determine the products of combustion through experiment

Write the date and ngā whāinga ako in your book.

Combustion

  • Combustion is a very predictable formula. Every time something is burned, water is produced, along with a mixture of carbon dixoide, carbon monoxide and carbon.
  • It can be a chain reaction
Source

Collect a products of combustion sheet and glue it into your exercise book!

Testing for Water

Source
  • In fact we can use cobalt (II) chloride strips
    • The paper goes pink in the presence of water
    • It can be dehydrated and re-used

Fill out the water test section of your products of combustion sheet!

Rangahau/Research

  1. In pairs, try and recall from Y9, the tests for carbon dioxide, oxygen and hydrogen gas.
  2. Get out a device and research the gas tests, just to be sure.
  3. Add notes and diagrams to your Products of Combustion sheet.

Whakamātau

  • Open to page 7 of your workbook: What is produced when a candle burns?
  • Read through the whakamātau carefully
  • Come up to the demo bench
  • Form into groups of 3-5 and collect the required equipment
  • Conduct the whakamātau (20min)
  • Clean up your station