{"id":25987,"date":"2025-06-19T08:57:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=25987"},"modified":"2025-06-19T08:57:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:57:45","slug":"balance-the-following-chemical-equations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/balance-the-following-chemical-equations\/","title":{"rendered":"Balance the following chemical equations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Balance the following chemical equations: 1. CaCl2 + (NH4)2CO3 \u00e2\u2020\u2019 CaCO3 + NH4Cl 2. Fe(OH)3 + H2SO4 \u00e2\u2020\u2019 Fe2(SO4)3 + H2O 3. Al + H2SO4 \u00e2\u2020\u2019 Al2(SO4)3 + H2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the correctly <strong>balanced chemical equations<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>CaCl\u2082 + (NH\u2084)\u2082CO\u2083 \u2192 CaCO\u2083 + NH\u2084Cl<\/strong><br><strong>Balanced:<\/strong><br><strong>CaCl\u2082 + (NH\u2084)\u2082CO\u2083 \u2192 CaCO\u2083 + 2NH\u2084Cl<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fe(OH)\u2083 + H\u2082SO\u2084 \u2192 Fe\u2082(SO\u2084)\u2083 + H\u2082O<\/strong><br><strong>Balanced:<\/strong><br><strong>2Fe(OH)\u2083 + 3H\u2082SO\u2084 \u2192 Fe\u2082(SO\u2084)\u2083 + 6H\u2082O<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Al + H\u2082SO\u2084 \u2192 Al\u2082(SO\u2084)\u2083 + H\u2082<\/strong><br><strong>Balanced:<\/strong><br><strong>2Al + 3H\u2082SO\u2084 \u2192 Al\u2082(SO\u2084)\u2083 + 3H\u2082<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Balancing chemical equations is essential to ensure that the <strong>law of conservation of mass<\/strong> is upheld. This law states that matter cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction, so the same number of each type of atom must appear on both sides of the equation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Equation 1:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CaCl\u2082 + (NH\u2084)\u2082CO\u2083 \u2192 CaCO\u2083 + NH\u2084Cl<\/strong><br>On the left, there are two ammonium (NH\u2084\u207a) ions from (NH\u2084)\u2082CO\u2083. To balance the ammonium ions on the right side, you need two NH\u2084Cl molecules. Calcium, carbonate, and chloride ions are already balanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Equation 2:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fe(OH)\u2083 + H\u2082SO\u2084 \u2192 Fe\u2082(SO\u2084)\u2083 + H\u2082O<\/strong><br>The compound Fe\u2082(SO\u2084)\u2083 contains two iron (Fe) atoms and three sulfate (SO\u2084\u00b2\u207b) groups. Each Fe(OH)\u2083 provides one iron and three hydroxide (OH\u207b) ions. Therefore, two Fe(OH)\u2083 molecules are needed for two Fe atoms. Three H\u2082SO\u2084 molecules supply the three sulfate ions. The hydroxide and hydrogen from sulfuric acid combine to form water. Since there are six OH\u207b ions total (from 2 Fe(OH)\u2083), six H\u207a ions are required to produce six water molecules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Equation 3:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Al + H\u2082SO\u2084 \u2192 Al\u2082(SO\u2084)\u2083 + H\u2082<\/strong><br>Al\u2082(SO\u2084)\u2083 has two aluminum atoms, so you need two Al atoms on the left. It also contains three sulfate ions, which come from three H\u2082SO\u2084 molecules. Each molecule of sulfuric acid also releases two hydrogen atoms, so three H\u2082SO\u2084 molecules yield six hydrogen atoms, which combine to form three H\u2082 molecules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By carefully counting atoms and ions on both sides and adjusting coefficients accordingly, each equation becomes balanced and chemically accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner10-32.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner10-32.jpeg 722w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner10-32-212x300.jpeg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balance the following chemical equations: 1. CaCl2 + (NH4)2CO3 \u00e2\u2020\u2019 CaCO3 + NH4Cl 2. Fe(OH)3 + H2SO4 \u00e2\u2020\u2019 Fe2(SO4)3 + H2O 3. Al + H2SO4 \u00e2\u2020\u2019 Al2(SO4)3 + H2 The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Here are the correctly balanced chemical equations: Explanation Balancing chemical equations is essential to ensure that the law of conservation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25990,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25987\/revisions\/25990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}