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Chemical Balancing The Law of Conservation of Mass:
No matter can be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction! So, the number of atoms that are present in the reactants has to balance the number of atoms that are present in the products.
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How to Balance Chemical Equations
Step One: Write down worded equation first and then the equation. Propane + Oxygen Gas Water + Carbon Dioxide 𝐶3𝐻8 + O2 H2O + CO2
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How to Balance Chemical Equations
Step Two: Write down the number of atoms per each element that you haven on each side of the equation. (Tables can make it easier!) Element Reactants Products C 3 1 H 8 2 O 2 3 When balancing the equation, always leave Hydrogen and Oxygen for last.
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How to Balance Chemical Equations
Step Three: If you have more than one element to balance, start with the element that appears in only single molecule of reactants and in only a single molecule of products. So, we start with Carbon atoms first.
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How to Balance Chemical Equations
Step Four: Add a coefficient to the single carbon atom on the right of the equation to balance it with the 3 carbon atoms on the left of the equation. Balanced 𝐶3𝐻8 + O2 H2O + CO2 3 Balanced Element Reactants Products C 3 1 x3 = 3 H 8 2 O 2 3
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How to Balance Chemical Equations
𝐶3𝐻8 + O2 H2O +3CO2 Step Five: Balance the Hydrogen atom next. You have 8 on the left side, so you need 8 on the right side. On the right side, add a 4 as the coefficient. Now there are 10 Oxygen atoms Balanced 𝐶3𝐻8 + O2 H2O +3CO2 4 Element Reactants Products Balanced C 3 3 H 8 2 x4 = 8 O 2 10 3
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How to Balance Chemical Equations
𝐶3𝐻8 + O2 4H2O +3CO2 Step Six: Now balance the oxygen atom. There are 10 molecules in the product side but only 2 in the reactants side. So place a coefficient of 5 in the reactants. Balanced 𝐶3𝐻8 + O2 4H2O +3CO2 5 Balanced Element Reactants Products C 3 3 H 8 8 O 2 x5 = 10 10
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How to Balance Chemical Equations
Now your equation is balanced and should look like this: 𝐶3𝐻8 + 5O2 4H2O +3CO2 Element Reactants Products C 3 3 H 8 8 O 10 10 Since the Laws of Conservation of Mass has been maintained the equation is complete!
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