Question

5. What is a chemical equation? What are the essentials of a chemical equation? What information is conveyed by a chemical equation? What are its limitations and how are they removed?​

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A chemical equation is the symbolic representation of a chemical reaction in the form of symbols and formula. (i) It must refer to an actual chemical reaction. (ii) It should be molecular. For example, H, O, N should be written as H2, O2, N2. (iii) It should be balanced and conform to the law of conservation of matter.A chemical equation conveys both qualitative and quantitative information. Qualitatively, a chemical equation tells the names of the various reactants and the products.