Industrial chemists have to understand the chemistry of oxides. For example, silicon dioxide is used in glass making and carbon monoxide is used in the
extraction of iron from iron ore.
(i) Explain how burning carbon in air can lead to the formation of carbon monoxide.
(2)
(ii) Write the balanced equation for the reaction between silicon and oxygen.
(2)

carbon monoxide can be formed due to incomplete combustion of carbon due to insufficient oxygen supply

2C+O2___2CO

Si+O2SiO2

i think 4.44 moles

a). in this case, dh> 0 and sd> 0. if t becomes larger, the term "-tds" will become more negative. at some point, it is possible that -dts will be more negative than the dh is positive, and the reaction will become spontaneous. this is probably the correct answer, but you should look at all of the other possibilities and make sure of that.