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scuba2
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Cannot balance this equation

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I was trying to balance this equation from my homework:
H2SO4 + Zn = ZnSO4 + H2O
Balancer tells 'an imposible reaction'.
Does anybody know why? and what am I doing wrong?
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Vitalii
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Re: Cannot balance this equation

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scuba2 wrote:I was trying to balance this equation from my homework:
H2SO4 + Zn = ZnSO4 + H2O
Balancer tells 'an imposible reaction'.
Does anybody know why? and what am I doing wrong?
It's indeed an imposible reaction.
There should be H2 instead of H2O:
H2SO4 + Zn = ZnSO4 + H2
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Post by Lou1024 »

It certaintly is. Perhaps one of the options in the homework is "impossible to balance"?
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Post by scuba2 »

Oh right, our teacher tricked us to try to balance it.
Cannot be balanced is the answer!
Thanks
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