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From: MSN Nickname·Steve·  in response to Message 7Sent: 11/13/2006 5:10 PM
I forgot about charge balancing the equations - as written they are not.  Here we go again:
 
CH3CH2OH  +  1/2 O2   ––�?gt;   CH3CHO  +  H2O
CH3CHO  +  1/2 O2   ––�?gt;   CH3COOH
 
When these are added together we have
 
CH3CH2OH  +  O2   ––�?gt;   CH3COOH  +  H2O
 
That's more like it!
 
Steve