Biogas is a mixture of mainly Carbon (IV) Oxide and methane. (i) Give a reason why biogas can be used as a fuel (ii) Other than fractional...

Biogas is a mixture of mainly Carbon (IV) Oxide and methane.
(i) Give a reason why biogas can be used as a fuel
(ii) Other than fractional distillation, describe a method that can be used to determine the percentage of methane in biogas

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(i) Contains methane which is a fuel or contains methane which can burn

(ii) Pass a known volume of biogas through Sodium hydroxide (Potassium hydroxide) solution to absorb Carbon (IV) Oxide. Measure the volume of remaining gas

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maurice.mutuku answered the question on October 28, 2019 at 08:23

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