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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.
When a fuel burns in plenty of air, it receives enough oxygen for complete combustion. 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.