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Contact [7]
3 years ago
9

Can anyone tell me how to balance chemical equations

Chemistry
2 answers:
cupoosta [38]3 years ago
8 0
count each atom of the reactants and the products
Ne4ueva [31]3 years ago
6 0

FIRST METHOD:

Doing a Traditional Balance

Write down your given equation. For this example, you will use:

C3H8 + O 2 --> H2O + CO2

This reaction occurs when propane (C3H8 ) is burned in the presence of oxygen to produce water and carbon dioxide.

Write down the number of atoms per element. Do this for each side of the equation. Look at the subscripts next to each atom to find the number of atoms in the equation. When writing it out, it's a good idea to connect it back to the original equation, noting how each element appears.

For example, you have 3 oxygen atoms on the right side, but that total results from addition.

Left side: 3 carbon (C3), 8 hydrogen (H8) and 2 oxygen (O2).

Right side: 1 carbon (C), 2 hydrogen (H2) and 3 oxygen (O + O2).

Save hydrogen and oxygen for last, as they are often on both sides. Hydrogen and oxygen are both common in molecules, so it's likely that you'll have them on both sides of your equation. It's best to balance them last.

You'll need to recount your atoms before balancing the hydrogen and oxygen, as you'll likely need to use coefficients to balance the other atoms in the equation.

Start with single elements. If you have more than one element left to balance, select the element that appears in only a single molecule of reactants and in only a single molecule of products. This means that you will need to balance the carbon atoms first.

Use a coefficient to balance the single carbon atom. Add a coefficient to the single carbon atom on the right of the equation to balance it with the 3 carbon atoms on the left of the equation.

C3H8 + O2 --> H2O + 3CO2

The coefficient 3 in front of carbon on the right side indicates 3 carbon atoms just as the subscript 3 on the left side indicates 3 carbon atoms.

In a chemical equation, you can change coefficients, but you must never alter the subscripts.

Balance the hydrogen atoms next. Since you have balanced all atoms besides the hydrogen and oxygen, you can address the hydrogen atoms. You have 8 on the left side. So you'll need 8 on the right side. Use a coefficient to achieve this. [6]

C3H8 + O2 --> 4 H2O + 3CO2

On the right side, you now added a 4 as the coefficient because the subscript showed that you already had 2 hydrogen atoms.

When you multiply the coefficient 4 times by the subscript 2, you end up with 8.

The other 6 atoms of oxygen come from 3CO2 (3x2=6 atoms of oxygen+ the other 4=10)

Balance the oxygen atoms. Remember to account for the coefficients that you've used to balance out the other atoms. Because you've added coefficients to the molecules on the right side of the equation, the number of oxygen atoms has changed. You now have 4 oxygen atoms in the water molecules and 6 oxygen atoms in the carbon dioxide molecules. That makes a total of 10 oxygen atoms.

Add a coefficient of 5 to the oxygen molecule on the left side of the equation. You now have 10 oxygen atoms on each side.

C3H8 + 5O2 --> 4H2O + 3CO2 .

The carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms are balanced. Your equation is complete.

SECOND METHOD:

Completing an Algebraic Balance

This method, also known as Bottomley's method, is especially useful for more complex reactions, although it does take a bit longer.

Write down the given equation. For this example, we will use:

PCl5 + H2O --> H3PO4 + HCl

Assign a letter to each substance.

aPCl5 + b H2O --> c H3PO4 + d HCl

Check the number of each element found on both sides, and set those equal to each other.[8]

aPCl5 + b H2O --> c H3PO4 + d HCl

On the left side, there are 2 b atoms of hydrogen (2 for every molecule of H2O), while on the right side, there are 3 c + d atoms of hydrogen (3 for every molecule of H 3 PO 4 and 1 for every molecule of HCl). Since the number of atoms of hydrogen has to be equal on both sides, 2 b must be equal to 3 c+ d .

Do this for each element.

P: a=c

Cl: 5 a =d

H: 2 b =3 c+ d

Solve this system of equations to get the numeric value for all the coefficients. Since there are more variables than equations, there are multiple solutions. You must find the one where every variable is in its smallest, non-fractional form. [9]

To quickly do this, take one variable and assign a value to it. Let's make a=1. Then start solving the system of equations to get the following values:

Since P: a = c, we know that c = 1.

Since Cl: 5a = d, we know that d = 5

Since H: 2b = 3c + d, we can calculate b like this:

2b = 3(1) + 5

2b = 3 + 5

2b = 8

b=4

This shows us the values are as follows:

a = 1

b = 4

c = 1

d = 5

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                   3                :               1

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                K₃PO₄           :          Ba₃(PO₄)₂

                   2                 :                1

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