If you have a certain chemical equation to balance, my advice is to first count the numbers of each element in both sides of the equation.
Then, focus on one single element, and find out the ratio of the number in both sides of the equation. Afterwards, you can calculate the coefficient needed to balance the number of element.
If you finished this first step, balancing rest of the equation naturally follows through. Then, just focus on another element, and repeat the process I mentioned above.
However, for some questions, even though you followed these steps, it may be difficult to identify how to correctly balance a chemical equation. In this case, one trick is to first place the coefficient of a single element as a number that is divisible by lots of numbers (i.e. 60). After that, you can follow the process I mentioned above, then simplify the coefficients to gain the balanced chemical equation.
I have added an image to better help you understand how to balance chemical equations. For this example, I used an equation for photosynthesis (carbon dioxide + water → glucose + oxygen).
If you do enough practice questions on balancing chemical equations, you will be able to follow these steps more confidently. Here is the link for practice questions about balancing equation. Link
Hi Varun, thank you for your question.
If you have a certain chemical equation to balance, my advice is to first count the numbers of each element in both sides of the equation.
Then, focus on one single element, and find out the ratio of the number in both sides of the equation. Afterwards, you can calculate the coefficient needed to balance the number of element.
If you finished this first step, balancing rest of the equation naturally follows through. Then, just focus on another element, and repeat the process I mentioned above.
However, for some questions, even though you followed these steps, it may be difficult to identify how to correctly balance a chemical equation. In this case, one trick is to first place the coefficient of a single element as a number that is divisible by lots of numbers (i.e. 60). After that, you can follow the process I mentioned above, then simplify the coefficients to gain the balanced chemical equation.
I have added an image to better help you understand how to balance chemical equations. For this example, I used an equation for photosynthesis (carbon dioxide + water → glucose + oxygen).
If you do enough practice questions on balancing chemical equations, you will be able to follow these steps more confidently. Here is the link for practice questions about balancing equation. Link
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