CHEM 24112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Sodium Chloride, Lithium Chloride, Potassium Bromide

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Homework 6.2: Balancing Chemical Equations
1. When balancing chemical equations, beginning students are often tempted to change the numbers
within a formula (the subscripts) to balance the equation. Why is this never permitted? What effect
does changing a subscript have?
2. After balancing a chemical equation, we ordinarily make sure that the coefficients are the smallest
_________________________________ possible.
3. Balance each of the following chemical equations. To minimize confusion, the states of matter have
not been included.
a. ____ FeCl3 + ____ KOH  ____ Fe(OH)3 + ____ KCl
b. ____ Pb(C2H3O2)2 + ____ KI  ____ PbI2 + ____ KC2H3O2
c. ____ P4O10 + ____ H2O  ____ H3PO4
d. ____ Li2O + ____ H2O  ____ LiOH
e. ____ MnO2 + ____ C  ____ Mn + ____ CO2
f. ____ Sb + ____ Cl2  ____ SbCl3
g. ____ CH4 + ____ H2O  ____ CO + ____ H2
h. ____ FeS + ____ HCl  ____ FeCl2 + ____ H2S
4. Balance each of the following chemical equations.
a. ____ Al + ____ CuO  ____ Al2O3 + ____ Cu
b. ____ S8 + ____ F2  ____ SF6
c. ____ Xe + ____ F2  ____ XeF6
d. ____ NH4Cl + ____ KOH  ____ NH3 + ____ H2O + ____ KCl
e. ____ SiC + ____ Cl2  ____ SiCl4 + ____ C
f. ____ K2O + ____ H2O  ____ KOH
g. ____ N2O5 + ____ H2O  ____ HNO3
h. ____ H2S + ____ Cl2  ____ S8 + ____ HCl
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