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IIIIIIIVV A Balancing Act Chemical Reactions
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Chemical Reactions Take Place… n Every minute of every day both in and around you n Examples: Digestion Photosynthesis Car batteries-to start your car Rust
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Reactions: n One or more substances, the ___________ change into one or more new substances, the __________. It is written as: - Reactants → Products The arrow means - “yields” or “reacts to produce” reactants products
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Explanation: n An explanation was proposed by _____________ who stated in his atomic theory that in a chemical reaction, the way in which atoms are joined together are changed. n As reactants are converted to new products, __________that hold atoms together are __________ and new ones are formed. Dalton bonds broken
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Explanation: n Daltons atomic theory explains the ____________________________. Which States: - In any physical or chemical change mass is neither created nor destroyed. - The atoms in the products are the same atoms that were in the reactants, they are just arranged differently. Law of Conservation of Mass
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Explanation/Practice: n In a word equation, reactants are written on the ___________ and products are written on the ________. n Write the equation for… Copper can be produced by heating copper (II) sulfide with oxygen. Sulfur dioxide is also produced. Water is formed by the explosive reaction between hydrogen and oxygen left right
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Answers n Copper(II)sulfide + Oxygen → Copper + Sulfer dioxide n Hydrogen + Oxygen → Water (Dihydrogen monoxide)
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Meaning of Chemical Formula Chemical Symbol Meaning Composition H 2 O One molecule of water: Two H atoms and one O atom 2 H 2 O Two molecules of water: Four H atoms and two O atoms H 2 O 2 One molecule of hydrogen peroxide: Two H atoms and two O atoms
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Meaning of Chemical Formula n When a __________ is written after the chemical symbol for an element it indicates the___________________. n When a coefficient is written in front of an atom or molecule it indicates the ____________ of that atom or molecule that is present. n If there are subscripts in that atom/molecule they need to be ____________ by the coefficient. subscript number multiplied # of that element
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Reactants Products Unbalanced Timberlake, Chemistry 7 th Edition, page 164
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Unbalanced and Balanced Equations Cl H H H HH H H H 2 + Cl 2 HCl (unbalanced) H 2 + Cl 2 2 HCl (balanced) 2 1 2 reactants products 2 H Cl H Timberlake, Chemistry 7 th Edition, page 167
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How do we go from Unbalanced to Balanced Equations? n You ____________ change the formula of your atom/ion/molecule! n This means you may not change the ___________ ! n Instead, you may put a coefficient __________ of your atom/ion/molecule to balance the number of atoms after you have ___________ it by the subscript MAY NOT subscript in front multiplied
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CH 4 + 2 O 2 CO 2 + 2 H 2 O Reactants Products 1 C atom 1 C atom 4 H atoms 4 H atoms 4 O atoms 4 O atoms Timberlake, Chemistry 7 th Edition, page 167 Balanced!
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Balancing Steps 1.Write the unbalanced equation. 2.Count atoms on each side. 3.Add coefficients as needed to make #s equal on both sides of the equation. Coefficient subscript = # of atoms 4.Reduce coefficients to lowest possible ratio, if necessary. 5.Double check atom balance!!!
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Helpful Tips n Balance one element at a time. n Update ALL atom counts after adding a coefficient. n If an element appears more than once per side, balance it last. n Balance polyatomic ions as single units. “1 SO 4 ” instead of “1 S” and “4 O”
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Al + CuCl 2 Cu + AlCl 3 Al Cu Cl 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 6 3 33 2 Balancing Example Aluminum and copper(II) chloride react to form copper and aluminum chloride. 2 2 6
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More Examples… P+O 2 →P 4 O 10 H 2 + O 2 → H 2 O BaCl 2 +H 2 SO 4 →BaSO 4 + HCl Cu+ AgNO 3 → Cu(NO 3 ) 2 + Ag CaCO 3 + HCl → CaCl 2 + H 2 CO 3 4 5 2 2 2 2 22 2
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