Glucose burning in oxygen. Glucose on a metal spoon being burnt in a glass gas jar filled with oxygen. Glucose is a hydrocarbon,and as such reacts with oxygen (burns) to produce carbon dioxide and water vapour,leaving behind carbon. This process releases a large amount of energy. Glucose is a simple sugar. It is found in the blood and is metabolised by humans to obtain energy. Metabolism releases an equivalent amount of energy to burning,but in a slower,more controlled,and less direct way | |
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