What do the coefficients in front of the reactants and products in a chemical reaction represent ?

Chemistry

1 answer:

makvit [3.9K]3 years ago

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It indicates the number of moles of reactants and products

Explanation:

The coefficients in front of the reactants and products in a chemical reaction represents the number of moles of reactants and products.

Every reaction is made up of equal number of moles of reactants and products. Thus, chemical equations are written in such a way to obey the law of conservation of matter.

The numbers used are usually whole numbers and the are very important in stoichiometry.

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