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Chemistry Forums for Students => High School Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: mtl on May 15, 2006, 05:44:54 PM
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I have been having a hard time balancing this chemical equation
nitric acid + calcium hydroxide yield water and calcium nitrate
Is anyone able to break it down into a step by step walkthrogh on balancing for me? Thanks.
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start by writing it in equation form like so:
_HNO3 + _Ca(OH)2 --> _H2O + _Ca(NO3)2
then just fill in the blanks so that there are equal numbers of each element on each side
the coefficients should be 2, 1, 2, and 1 respectively
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http://www.chembuddy.com/?left=balancing-stoichiometry&right=balancing-reactions
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also remember for future reference that nitrate (NO3) has a -1 charge and so does hydroxide OH
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also remember for future reference that nitrate (NO3) has a -1 charge and so does hydroxide OH
isn't that obvious from my unbalanced equation
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also remember for future reference that nitrate (NO3) has a -1 charge and so does hydroxide OH
isn't that obvious from my unbalanced equation
future reference lol future reference