Question

1. Determine whether or not the equation below is balanced. If it isn’t balanced, write the balanced form. Also, identify the reactant(s) and product(s) in this equation. Finally, label this as one of the five types of reactions: combination, decomposition, substitution, double replacement, or reversible.

Answer 1

Answer:

- Not balanced.

- Reactants: Zn  and HCI .

- Products: ZnCl₂ and  H₂.

- Substitution reaction.

Explanation:

Hello,

In this case, for the given reaction:

Zn  +  HCI  →  ZnCl₂ +  H₂

We can see that it is not balanced due to the fact that at the left side we have one hydrogen atom whereas at the right side two, taking into account the number must be same as well as chlorine. Thus, in order to balance we write:

Zn  +  2HCI  →  ZnCl₂ +  H₂

And that is enough. Moreover, we can see that the chemical species at the left side of the equation are the reactants and those at the right side the products, thus we have:

Reactants: Zn  and HCI .

Products: ZnCl₂ and  H₂.

Finally, since we can see that the chlorine is at the reactants with hydrogen, but at the end with the zinc, and the initial zinc is alone as well as the yielded hydrogen we can infer this is a substitution reaction.

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