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Re: going in circles when balancing equation
« Reply #30 on: May 07, 2006, 01:11:50 PM »
HNO2 + 3HN3 -> 5N2 + 2H2O

4HNO2 + 2HN3 -> 5N2O + 3H2O

so, for example:

4169HNO2 + 4637HN3 -> 5105N2 + 3935N2O + 4403H2O

is correctly balanced ;)
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Re: going in circles when balancing equation
« Reply #31 on: May 07, 2006, 01:30:54 PM »
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4169HNO2 + 4637HN3 -> 5105N2 + 3935N2O + 4403H2O
:o
As lemonoman said, I wonder how many times in in my life (which is most likely going to be a chemist-life ;) ) I'll have to balance such equations... :P

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Re: going in circles when balancing equation
« Reply #32 on: May 07, 2006, 01:45:38 PM »
That's a trick that have nothing to do with chemistry. But looks very seriously chemically :)

You may generate such equations by yourself, just follow description from my lecture on balancing failures :)
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Re: going in circles when balancing equation
« Reply #33 on: May 16, 2006, 01:29:09 PM »
Another interesting one ;)

Pb(NO3)2 + Cr(MnO4)2  = Pb3O4  + Cr2O3 + MnO2 + NO
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Re: going in circles when balancing equation
« Reply #34 on: May 16, 2006, 01:37:41 PM »
Apart from Borek's monster-equations ;) , This is one that I had to balance at school yesterday:

P + KOH + H2O ? PH3 + KH2PO4


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