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Offline Astrokel

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Re: How to balance equations ?
« Reply #15 on: May 05, 2008, 10:28:15 AM »
KOH + C4H4O4 ---> K2C4H2O4 + H2O

1) Balance K first as it is easier compare to O and H

2KOH + C4H4O4 ---> K2C4H2O4 + H2O

2) Now check for H and O, since K and C are already balanced. You need 2 more H and O on the right, logically, you will assign the 2 to H2O and not K2C4H2O4.

2KOH + C4H4O4 ---> K2C4H2O4 + 2H2O
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Re: How to balance equations ?
« Reply #16 on: May 05, 2008, 12:09:25 PM »


2KOH + C4H4O4 ---> K2C4H2O4 + 2H2O


This means that on the left hand side there are 2Ks, 6Os, 4Cs, 6Hs
                 and on the right hand side there is 2Ks, 6Os, 4Cs, 8Hs

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Re: How to balance equations ?
« Reply #17 on: May 05, 2008, 12:29:02 PM »


2KOH + C4H4O4 ---> K2C4H2O4 + 2H2O


This means that on the left hand side there are 2Ks, 6Os, 4Cs, 6Hs
                 and on the right hand side there is 2Ks, 6Os, 4Cs, 8Hs

Yet again, you are messing up the numbers ...

2KOH + C4H4O4 ---> K2C4H2O4 + 2H2O

2 + 2*2 = 6 not 8
Hey, I'm not judging.  I just like to shoot straight.  I'm a man of science.

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Re: How to balance equations ?
« Reply #18 on: May 05, 2008, 12:44:42 PM »
Thanks for the help.
I really have no idea why I made so many mistakes, it all looks so simple now.


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