Balancing Chemical Reactions

nicolam73 · Post by **nicolam73** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:50 am

Can somebody please help with these equations please? Tried the online balancer but it says there is an error.

_NaOH(aq)+_FeCl₃(aq)=_Fe(OH)₃(s)+_NACl(s)

_Na₂CO₃(aq)+_HCl(aq)=H₂O(l)+_CO₂(g)+_NaCl(s)

Thankyou in advance[/code]

sharan · Post by **sharan** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:18 pm

Do not put the states such as (aq) in the equation while balancing and secondly it is NaCl not NACl "Na" is correct. Andm why do you have "_" before every compound. Keep it simple.

3 NaOH + FeCl₃ = Fe(OH)₃ + 3 NaCl

The second one does not really have any problem just that DO NOT put underscores _ in front of every compound.

Na₂CO₃ + 2 HCl = H₂O + CO₂ + 2 NaCl

hope that helps...

-Sharan

nicolam73 · Post by **nicolam73** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:07 pm

When I do it on the balancer I dont put in the (aq) etc or the underscores. I put them in because that is how it is printed on my paper. The underscores represent where i have to put a number to make the equation balanced. I hope that makes sense.
Thankyou