Question

Solid potassium and fluorine gas are produced by the decomposition of solid potassium fluoride. Write a balanced chemical equation for this reaction.

Answer 1

The chemical equation that you need is:

$2KF(s)\ \to\ 2K(s) + F_2(g)$

Answer 2

Explanation:

An equation will be balanced when there are equal number of atoms on both reactant and product side.

And a reaction in which a compound dissociates to give two products is known as a decomposition reaction.

For example, $2KF(s) \rightarrow 2K(s) + F_{2}(g)$

This reaction equation represents decomposition of solid potassium fluoride into solid potassium and fluorine gas. Also, there are equal number of atoms on both reactant and product side so, the equation is balanced.