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Complete combustion (given sufficient oxygen) of any hydrocarbon produces carbon dioxide and water. Equations. It is quite important that you can write properly balanced equations for these reactions, because they often come up as a part of thermochemistry calculations.
Complete combustion needs a plentiful supply of air so that the elements in the fuel react fully with oxygen. Fuels such as natural gas and petrol contain hydrocarbons. These are compounds of hydrogen and carbon only. When they burn completely: 1  the carbon oxidises to carbon dioxide.2  the hydrogen oxidises to water (remember that water, H 2 O, is an oxide of hydrogen).ncomplete combustion occurs when the supply of air or oxygen is poor. Water is still produced, but carbon monoxide and carbon are produced instead of carbon dioxide. In general for incomplete combustion: hydrocarbon + oxygen â carbon monoxide + carbon + water. The carbon is released as soot.