Consider the following two cases: Case 1: 1 g of carbon +

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Consider the following two cases: Case 1: 1 g of carbon + 1.33 g of oxygen = 1 mole of carbon monoxide Case 2: 1 g of carbon + 2.66 g of oxygen = 1 mole of carbon dioxide Why is that in the second case when we doubled the amount of oxygen we don't get double the amount of carbon monoxide and instead we make one mole of CO₂? To form one mole of CO2, we need to (keep/double) the C amount and you need to (keep/double) the amount of Owith respect to the amount of C and O in CO. To form two moles of CO, we need to (keep/double) the C amount and you need to (keep/double) the amount of O.