Homework, balancing equations
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Homework, balancing equations
Teachers bombarded us with homework and now I am lost in trying to balance NaHCO 3 (s) → Na 2 CO 3 (s) + CO 2 (g) + H 2 O(g) , can anyone help? Also cant enter it in the solver for some reason either
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Re: Homework, balancing equations
NaHCO3 is called sodium bi carbonate or sodium hydrogen carbonate
What does bi mean? It means two.
So you have 2 NaHCO3 what means Na2CO3 + H2CO3
Now it is your work to complete the reaction. The products you have already.
What does bi mean? It means two.
So you have 2 NaHCO3 what means Na2CO3 + H2CO3
Now it is your work to complete the reaction. The products you have already.
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Re: Homework, balancing equations
Still very confused, if I add the two to that formula then ill have to make the left formula with a 4 which cant add up, There are twelves oxygens now and 4 of everything else, if I solve for everything else to add it up to 4, there will be too many oxygens on the right hand side.
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Re: Homework, balancing equations
Why you have too. You have only to add the 2 on left side.
2 NaHCO3 => Na2CO3 + H2O + CO2
Finished
2 NaHCO3 => Na2CO3 + H2O + CO2
Finished
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Re: Homework, balancing equations
......My brain died why was I overthinking LOL, thanks.