2H2O = 2H2 + O2.
<h3><u>Explanation</u>:</h3>
Balancing equations is very essential because of the fact that it represents the stoichiometric quantities of the reactants needed to react to form the product. The ratio of the weights of reactant and product are also very well understood from this.
Here in this equation, the water is broken into hydrogen and oxygen. The balanced reaction is
2H2O = 2H2 + O2.
Two moles of water is broken down into 2 moles of hydrogen and one mole of oxygen.
A chemical equation is a short hand expression of a chemical reaction. There aretwo<span> parts to a chemical equation. The reactants are the elements or compounds on the left side of the arrow (-->). The elements and compounds to the right of the arrow are the products.</span>
