Do we burn crude oil or Hydrocarbon?

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I do not have a full understanding on why we burn crude oil, mainly because im not exactly sure which we burn, is it the hydrocarbon inside that we burn or is it the actual crude oil. Do we even burn hydrocarbon, if not please tell me what we use it for and how its used please please help me
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  • combustion is the oxidation of carbon (coal), O2 + C = CO2. the source of the carbon can also be hydrocarbons in which case we get water as an additional product, 2O2 + CH4 = CO2 + 2H2O. this is the reaction when burning crude oil, which is a long chain hydrocarbon molecule. you can also burn carbohydrates (food), O2 + C (H2O) = CO2 + H2O

    the lightest carbohydrate is Methane, CH4 which is natural gas. as the molecule chain gets longer, it is no longer a gas but becomes a liquid. Crude is a very long chain. hydrocarbons have the formula, CnH2n+2. for example octane (n=8) is C8H18.

  • we burn hydrocarbons produced from crude oil

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