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lianna [129]
3 years ago
7

What is the coefficient for the oxygen molecule in the chemical equation below? 2hgo → 2hg + ? o2?

Chemistry
1 answer:
Alecsey [184]3 years ago
7 0
This question is purely balancing the chemical equation where the number of atoms in reactants is equal to the number of atoms in products.
For the mentioned equation:
In the reactants, we have 2 atoms of Hg and 2 atoms of oxygen.
In the products, we should have 2 atoms of Hg and 2 atoms of oxygen.
Since the oxygen molecule is composed of 2 oxygen atoms, therefore the coefficient should be equal to 1 for the equation to be balanced.
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