how can we know complete burning happened in furnace?

here's something you must ALWAYS remember

Complete Combustion always produces the products of Carbion dioxide and Water. 

INComplete Combustion tends to produce the products of Carbon Monoxide and water... 

Carbon monoxide is produced from the lack of oxygen in the atmosphere during combustion, hence smaller carbon compounds are made... 

Ok...you HAVEN'T done the reaction yet, as seen in your question, so you CAN'T tell whether it's complete or not... 

go to the reaction and balance it out

if there are CO2, then it was COMPLETE, and ... 
if there was CO, then it was INCOMPLETE


Complete combustion:  CH4(g) + 2 O2(g) →  CO2(g) + 2 H2O(l)
Incomplete combustion: CH4(g) + 1.5 O2(g) → CO(g) + 2 H2O(l)
Incomplete combustion: CH4(g) + 1 O2(g) → C(s) + 2 H2O(l)


Complete combustions needs the most oxygen. Insufficient oxygen produces incomplete combustion.

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