Sport Rider Photos
A typical internal combustion engine mixes oxygen and hydrocarbons for a chemical reaction that creates energy. Here we show a simple hydrocarbon molecule-methane (CH4 , composed of one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms)-mixing with two oxygen molecules (O2 , composed of two oxygen atoms). The process is similar for other hydrocarbons, which are all molecules with more numbers of carbon and hydrogen atoms. When the reaction takes place, the hydrogen atoms move from the carbon atom to two of the oxygen atoms, and two of the oxygen atoms latch onto the carbon atom. The result is two water molecules (H2O, two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom) and one carbon dioxide molecule (CO2 , one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms), along with energy. Note that the total number of atoms remains constant, they are simply shuffled around to form new molecules.
Nitrous Oxide--"Wet" and "Dry" Kits