CAIE IGCSE Chemistry 11.6.2 Combustion of ethanol

Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry 0620 syllabus for exams in 2026, 2027 and 20282026–2028

Practise recognising ethanol as a fuel and writing balanced equations for complete combustion to form carbon dioxide and water.

How this is tested

write the balanced complete combustion equation for ethanol with oxygen
name carbon dioxide and water as the products when ethanol burns in excess oxygen

[Maximum number: 2]

Ethanol, $\mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{5} \mathrm{OH}$ , belongs to the homologous series called alcohols.

Ethanol is a fuel.

Write the chemical equation for the complete combustion of ethanol.