Question

b)Elemental boron (as a gas) is produced in one industrial process by heating diboron trioxide with magnesium metal, also producing magnesium oxide as a by-product. Write the unbalanced chemical equation for this process. (Omit states-of-matter from your answer.)

Answer 1

Answer: The unbalanced chemical equation is written below.

Explanation:

Unbalanced chemical equation does not follow law of conservation of mass.

In an unbalanced chemical equation, total number of individual atoms on the reactant side will not be equal to the total number of individual atoms on the product side.

The chemical equation for the reaction of diboron trioxide and magnesium metal follows:

$B_2O_3(s)+Mg(s)\rightarrow B(g)+MgO(s)$

Hence, the unbalanced chemical equation is written above.