Balance Equation HELP

alohagirl91 · Post by **alohagirl91** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 8:54 am

Can it be done? I am absolutely stumped with this one.

MoO₃ +Zn +H₂SO₄ = Mo₂O₃ + ZnSO₄ +H₂

You see, I believe the problem here is with the oxygens. I've tried countless times, but I can't find any coefficients that would make that equation possible. Please help!!

Please help this chem geek out!

peter · Post by **peter** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:09 am

That should be water instead of hydrogen!

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2 MoO3 + 3 Zn + 3 H2SO4 = Mo2O3 + 3 ZnSO4 + 3 H2O

~peter