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"mother of all equations"

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:47 am
by cam
Hello, I need a some help with homework. My teacher considers this the "mother of all equations" and she gave it to us to solve...
I need to balance the following equation, charges included, this reaction takes place in an aqueous solution.

[Cr(N2H4CO)6]4[Cr(CN)6]3 + KMnO4 + H2SO4 =(this is an arrow)= K2Cr2O7 + MnSO4 + CO2 + KNO3 + K2SO4 + H2O

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:00 am
by Lou1024
Yeh, dont think you wanna do that one by hand :D

I used the online balancer, and got this as an answer:
10 [Cr(N2H4CO)6]4[Cr(CN)6]3 + 1176 KMnO4 + 1399 H2SO4 = 35 K2Cr2O7 + 1176 MnSO4 + 420 CO2 + 660 KNO3 + 223 K2SO4 + 1879 H2O

Balancer: http://www.webqc.org/balance.php