Chemistry: Balancing Chemical Equations

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Professor Yee walks you through the process of determining a balanced equation from an unbalanced chemical equation using a method called Balancing by Inspection. There are no hard and fast rules for this method, but Prof. Yee gives you several tips and multiple examples. The first tip Prof. Yee gives you is to start with the molecule or compound that is the most chemically complex. If there is not one compound that stands out, he recommends beginning with the first chemical compound in the equation, as it is generally the one that is being reacted on. He recommends that you leave any pure elements for last. Due to convention, all of the coefficients in a balanced chemical equation must be whole numbers, so Professor Yee shows you how to adjust an equation by multiplying through by the least common multiple. Finally, he reminds you that the number of atoms of each element in the equation must be balanced both on the reactant side and the product side of the equation.

Taught by Professor Yee, this lesson was selected from a broader, comprehensive course, Chemistry.

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Looking at the first example, in order to get people into the habit of seeing how to balance an equation a beginner step would be to just simply outline on the left and right hand sides what you have. For example: Left: 1 Ca, 1O, 1C and on the right 1 Ca, 1O, 3C and you can clearly see even at the beginner level that you need 3C on the left in order to have a balance so you put a 3C on the left rather than just dictating the steps that you do, you show people that are confused what is going on.

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