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Dr. Chin Chu River Dell Regional High School The Principle Law of Conservation of Mass: mass is neither created nor destroyed during any chemical reactions. No new atom is created nor old atom destroyed during any chemical reactions. Total number for each element involved in any chemical reactions DOES NOT change, which means the total number of any given element on the reactant side has to match that on the product side. The Application The goal – properly balanced chemical equations that have: perfect match of total number of atoms for each element on both reactant and product sides. Simplest set of integers as coefficients. For any given chemical reaction, elements and compounds involved are set and their formulas can not be altered. Hence, any change to the subscripts is NOT allowed. ONLY COEFFICIENTS ARE ALLOWED TO BE CHANGED!! The Process Write skeleton equation. Note: it is of critical importance that correct formulas to be written for all compounds/elements. Make an atom inventory on each side (reactant or product) for all elements involved in the chemical reaction. Select the element that has different number of atoms from one side to another. Find the least common factors for the two numbers. The Process (cont.) Adjust proper coefficients to get the total number of atoms match from both sides. Each time any coefficient is adjusted, re-do the atom inventory on that side of the chemical equation. Repeat the process until total number of atoms for each element perfectly matches on both sides of the chemical equation. Example I Matched/Balanced Skeleton Equation: 2H2(g) + O2(g) 2 H2O(g) Atom H 2 [4] Inventory O 2 [2] 2 [4] 1 [2] Still unbalanced. O is fine now. But H is still out. BALANCED NOW! Unbalanced. Choose O to start. Exercises Balance the following Chemical Equations: a) N2 + O2 N2O b) H2O2 H2O + O2 c) N2 + H2 NH3 Exercises a) N2 + O2 N2O Exercises (Answers) Balance the following Chemical Equations: a) 2N2 + O2 2N2O b) 2H2O2 2H2O + O2 c) N2 + 3H2 2NH3 Example II O should be balanced last here. Balance H first. Skeleton Equation: C3H8(g) + 5 O2(g) 3CO2(g) + 4H2O(g) Atom Inventory 3 [3] 1 [3] [3] H 8 [8] 2 [2] [8] O 2 [10] 3 [7] [10] C Trick #1: Any element in a chemical equation is your dear friend. Balance it last. Unbalanced. Which element to be the first one? Example III C2H6(g) + Atom Inventory 7 2 O2(g) 2 CO2(g) + 3H2O(g) 2 [2] 1 [2] [2] H 6 [6] 2 [2] [6] O 2 [7] 3 [3] [7] C How could one get 7 O from the diatomic O2 molecule? C and H are balanced. But how about O? The Solution: 7 2 2 7 Example III 2 { Atom Inventory C2H6(g) + Wait a minute! How could a coefficient be a fraction not an integer? 7 2 O2(g)}{2 CO2(g) + 3H2O(g)} C [4] [4] H [12] [12] O [14] [14] How to resolve this? Remember, above is a balanced chemical equations. Hence the relation still holds after each side is multiplied by the same factor. 2 Example III 2C2H6(g) + 7 O2(g) 4CO2(g) + 6 H2O(g) Atom Inventory C [4] [4] H [12] [12] O [14] [14] Horary! The chemical equation now is balanced! Exercises Balance the following Chemical Equations: a) FeS2 + O2 Fe2O3 + SO2 b) C4H10 + O2 H2O + CO2 c) Si2H3 + O2 SiO2 + H2O d) Fe2O3 + H2 Fe + H2O e) Fe2O3 + CO Fe + CO2 f) N2 + O2 + H2O HNO3 Exercises (Answers) Balance the following Chemical Equations: a) 4FeS2 + 11O2 2Fe2O3 + 8SO2 b) 2C4H10 + 13O2 10H2O + 8CO2 c) 2Si2H3 + 11O2 8SiO2 + 6H2O d) Fe2O3 + 3H2 2Fe + 3H2O e) Fe2O3 + 3CO 2Fe + 3CO2 f) 2N2 + 5O2 + 2H2O 4HNO3 Example IV Skeleton Equation: Ba(ClO3)2(aq) + Na2SO4(aq) BaSO4(p) + NaClO3(aq) Ba 1 1 Cl 2 1 Na 2 1 S 1 1 O 10 7 Trick #2: Keep polyatomic ions that do not change during the reaction as single units. Atom Inventory Unbalanced. How to start? They are a lot of elements! Wait. Have you seen the patterns here? Polyatomic ions do not change during the reaction. Example IV Treat each polyatomic ion as a single unit. Ba(ClO3)2(aq) + Na2SO4(aq) BaSO4(p) +2NaClO3(aq) Atom Inventory Ba ClO3 Na SO4 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 [1] [2] [2] [1] Now the equation is a lot easier to balance! Unbalanced. Polyatomic ions. Example V Wait. Where’s OH ion? Skeleton Equation: Al(OH)3(aq) + H2SO4(aq) Al2(SO4)3(aq) + H2O(l) 2 Al(OH)3(aq) +3 H2SO4(aq) Al2(SO4)3(aq) + 6H-OH(l) Al Atom OH Inventory H SO4 1 3 2 1 [2] [6] [2] [1] [2] [6] [6] [3] 2 1 1 3 [2] [6] [6] [3] Trick #3: water molecule (H2O) can be treated as H-OH. Exercises Balance the following Chemical Equations: a) AgNO3(aq) + NaCl(aq) AgCl(s) + NaNO3(aq) b) Fe(NO3)2(aq) + KOH(aq) Fe(OH)2(s) + KNO3(aq) c) Pb(NO3)2(aq) + KI(aq) PbI2(s) + KNO3(aq) d) FeCl3(aq) + (NH4)2CO3(aq) Fe2(CO3)3(s) + NH4Cl(aq) e) H3PO4(aq) + NaOH(aq) Na3PO4(aq) + H2O(l) f) Na2CO3(aq) + H2SO4(aq) Na2SO4(aq) + CO2(g) + H2O(l) Exercises (Answers) Balance the following Chemical Equations: a) AgNO3(aq) + NaCl(aq) AgCl(s) + NaNO3(aq) b) Fe(NO3)2(aq) + 2KOH(aq) Fe(OH)2(s) + 2KNO3(aq) c) Pb(NO3)2(aq) + 2KI(aq) PbI2(s) + 2KNO3(aq) d) 2FeCl3(aq) + 3(NH4)2CO3(aq) Fe2(CO3)3(s) + 6NH4Cl(aq) e) H3PO4(aq) + 3NaOH(aq) Na3PO4(aq) + 3H2O(l) f) Na2CO3(aq) + H2SO4(aq) Na2SO4(aq) + CO2(g) + H2O(l)