{"id":133454,"date":"2022-03-03T23:40:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T18:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/?p=133454"},"modified":"2024-10-07T15:13:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T09:43:32","slug":"balancing-the-chemical-equations-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/class-10\/chemisry\/chemical-reactions-and-equations\/balancing-the-chemical-equations-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Balancing the Chemical Equations &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Balancing a Chemical Equation<\/li>\n<li>Summary<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s Next?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the previous segment, we learnt about <strong>balanced and unbalanced chemical equations. In <\/strong>this segment, we will learn about balancing the chemical equations.<\/p>\n<h2>How to balance a chemical equation?<\/h2>\n<p>To balance a chemical equation we need to follow a few steps. Let us consider the unbalanced equation ?<sub>?<\/sub> + ?<sub>?<\/sub> \u2192 ?<sub>?<\/sub>?to understand these steps.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Make boxes around the reactants and products as shown in the figure. The element or compound inside the box cannot be changed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>H2<\/p>\n<p>O2<\/p>\n<p>H2O<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Draw a table with the name of the elements and number of atoms as shown below.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Elements<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Number of Atoms in Reactants<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Number of Atoms in Products<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>H<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>O<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Table 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to table 1, the number of <strong>Oxygen <\/strong>atoms on the reactants side is <strong>Not Equal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>to the number of atoms on the products side.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Now, multiply the ??? with <strong>2 <\/strong>to balance the number of atoms of <strong>Oxygen<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>H2<\/p>\n<p>O2<\/p>\n<p><strong>+ <\/strong>2<\/p>\n<p>H2O<\/p>\n<p>According to table 2, the number of <strong>Hydrogen <\/strong>atoms on the reactants side is <strong>Not Equal <\/strong>to the number of atoms on the products side<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Balancing a Chemical Equation Summary What\u2019s Next? 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