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help with balancing this equation!!

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Hi! can someone PLEASE help me balance this equations!! its been boggling my mind!!


(NH4)2C2O4+H+NO3 -> CI2+NO2+N2O+H2O
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mj wrote:Hi! can someone PLEASE help me balance this equations!! its been boggling my mind!!


(NH4)2C2O4+H+NO3 -> CI2+NO2+N2O+H2O
This is equation is not correct since you have Cl2(?) among products, and do not have it in reagents.
If you've meant CO2 instead of CI2:
(NH4)2C2O4 + 4 HNO3 = 2 CO2 + 2 N2O + 2 NO2 + 6 H2O
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