it will produce aluminum hydride and lithium chloride.
Answer:
2Mg + O₂ ⟶ 2MgO
Explanation:
Step 1. Start with the most complicated-looking formula (O₂?).
Put a 1 in front of it.
Mg + 1O₂ ⟶ MgO
Step 2. Balance O.
We have fixed 2 O on the left. We need 2O on the right. Put a 2 in front of MgO.
Mg + 1O₂ ⟶ 2MgO
Step 3. Balance Mg.
We have fixed 2 Mg on the right-hand side. We need 2 Mg atoms on the left. Put a 2 in front of Mg.
2Mg + 1O₂ ⟶ 2MgO
Every formula now has a coefficient. The equation should be balanced. Let’s check.
<u>Atom</u> <u>On the left</u> <u>On the righ</u>t
Mg 2 2
O 2 2
All atoms are balanced.
The balanced equation is
2Mg + O₂ ⟶ 2MgO
The equilibrium constant k is actually the ratio of the
concentration of the products over the concentration of reactants at equilibrium. So if the
concentration of products < concentration of reactants, therefore the
constant k will be small. But if the concentration of products >
concentration of reactants, the constant k will be large. In this case the
value is too small (x10^-19), therefore we can say that the reaction favors the
reactant side:
the equilibrium lies far to the left
