Yes, what even is a chemical?
In: Chemistry
A collection of atoms from different elements bounded together through them sharing electrons.
Different elements have different amounts of protons. Hydrogen has 1, helium 2, carbon 6, uranium 92 ect. This tells us how many electrons it usually has because the positive charge of protons cancels out with electrons.
There are ideal amounts of electrons to have. These are 0, 2, 10, 18 and so on. Since Carbon has 6 electrons, it wants to steal 4 electrons. So if carbon meets 4 hydrogens, the hydrogens want to get rid of their electrons, the carbon wants to receive them. They then bond together and are all happy and relaxed creating methane.
If oxygen comes over, ultimately the carbon and hydrogen would be more happy with oxygen, so if you break their bonds, they’ll reform into carbon dioxide and water. This is how methane burns. You give a spark that breaks apart the methane, and then they release energy as they get more relaxed with oxygen.
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