[Thrusting Duffman]

Hello everyone, I need some help with this problem. This is one of my first assignments and I am not getting the chemical equations and balancing. I am suppose to write the equation between chlorine and the theoretical element 119. Can someone help me please?

I am not exactly sure how to approach this since the element doesnt really exist(yet or whatever). If I give it a symbol like Ma, would it just be Cl2 + Ma = Cl2Ma ?

[Arkcon]

Nothing wrong with your choice of abbreviation, and your equation format.  Now, where, in the periodic table, would element 119 appear?  What charge would it have?  When you have a formula for the product you're sure is correct, then you can balance the equation.

[Thrusting Duffman]

Thank you for the response. I think element 119 would be part of the alkali metals so it would have a charge of +1.

I am not exactly sure how to balance the yield Cl2Ma?

[Arkcon]

Thank you for the response. I think element 119 would be part of the alkali metals so it would have a charge of +1.

I am not exactly sure how to balance the yield Cl2Ma?

Great, now, what sort of compounds with chlorine do the other alkali metals form?

[Thrusting Duffman]

Hmm, well the only thing that comes to mind is sodium chloride-salt.