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Explain why combustion is called an exothermic process.

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It is so because combustion of a substance also results in the evolution of heat energy like an exothermic process.
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Knowledge Check

  • Exothermic process is

    A
    `Na to Na^(+) +e^(-)`
    B
    `O+e^(-) to O^(-)`
    C
    `O^(-)+e^(-) to O^(2-)`
    D
    `Cl^(-) to Cl+e^(-)`

  • Exothermic process is -

    A
    `Na to Na^(-)+e`
    B
    `O + e to O^(-)`
    C
    `O^(-)+e to O^(-2)`
    D
    `Cl^(-)to Cl + e`

  • Which of them is an exothermic process

    A
    `N (g) + 3 e ^(-) to N ^(3-) (g)`
    B
    `O (g) + 2 e ^(-) to O ^(2-) (g)`
    C
    `Cl ^(+)(g) + 2 e ^(-) to Cl ^(-) (g)`
    D
    `N a ^(-) (g) - 2 e ^(-) to Na ^(+) (g)`

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