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Please explain how to balance equation

Posted by Akanksha _511 5 years, 4 months ago

CBSE > Class 10 > Science

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Gaurav Seth 5 years, 4 months ago

How to balance a chemical equation

We take the reaction of formation of water.

H₂+ O₂--> H₂O (unbalanced equation for formation of water)

This equation can be balanced by using certain steps as mentioned below.

Step I: list the number of atoms of each element present on both sides of arrow.

	Reactant	Product
H	2	2
O	2	1

Step II: Begin balancing with the compound having maximum number of atoms. Following this rule we select H2O. Here there are 2 oxygen atoms on the reactant side but only 1 oxygen atom on the product side. So equation is unbalanced. In order to balance we need to do following step.

	Reactant	Product
Initial oxygen atom	2	1
To balance	2	1 X 2

So the equation stands out to be

H₂+ O₂ --> 2H₂O

Step III: After balancing oxygen the equation is H₂+ O₂à 2H₂O. So now we need to balance hydrogen atom.

	Reactant	Product
Initial hydrogen atom	2	4
To balance	2 X 2	4

So the final equation stands out to be

2H₂+ O₂--> 2H₂O

4Thank You

Khush Kaur 5 years, 4 months ago

U can use trial and error method

2Thank You

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