Hello Camkirkland,
I think that you are trying to balance this equation.
In order to balance a chemical equation, the numbers of atoms of each element must be equal on both sides of the equation.
In this particular equation, the answer would be (2) HBr + (1) Mg(OH)2 ---> (1) MgBr2 + (2) H2O.
Hope this answers your question!
Answer:
Haven't evaporated all of the water
Explanation:
One of the main sources of error that occur in a formula of a hydrate lab is that all of the water is not evaporated. We can see at the end of the video that half of the CoCl2 is a light blue colors and the other half is a dark blue color. This indicates that all of the water still has not been evaporated off, resulting in the actual mass of the salt to be greater than the predicted value.
Atoms of different elements can be identical
