. . Combustion Carbon, in all its allotropic forms, burns in oxygen to give carbon dioxide along with the release of heat and light. Most carbon compounds also release a large amount of heat and light on burning.
These are the oxidation reactions that you learnt about in the first Chapter – (i) C + O → CO + heat and light CH + O → CO + H O + heat and light (iii) CH CH OH + O → CO + H O + heat and light Balance the latter two reactions like you learnt in the first Chapter.