BALANCING

CHEMICAL
EQUATIONS
Reporter:
Aaron John Bantilan
BALANCING A CHEMICAL
EQUATION
•It is the number of each type of atom in
the reactant side is equal to that of the
atoms on the product side.
H2O + CaCO2 Ca(OH)2 + H2CO3
REACTANT PRODUCT
TRY TO BALANCE

H2O + Ca(OH)2 +
CaCO2 H2CO3
TRY TO BALANCE
ANSWER:

2H2O + Ca(OH)2 +
CaCO2 H2CO3
TRY TO BALANCE

C3H8 + O2 CO2 + H2O

TRY TO BALANCE
ANSWER:

C3H8 + 5O2 3CO2 + 4H2O

TRY TO BALANCE

C4H10 + O2 CO2 + H2O

TRY TO BALANCE
ANSWER:

2C4H10 + 8CO2 +
13O2 10H2O
PERFORMING STOICHIOMETRIC
EQUATIONS
EXAMPLE NUMBER 1:

To produce 3.4 moles of H2O, how many moles of O2

are needed?
PERFORMING STOICHIOMETRIC
EQUATIONS
EXAMPLE NUMBER 2:

How many grams of carbon dioxide can be formed

from the combustion of 7.34g CH4?
PERFORMING STOICHIOMETRIC
EQUATIONS
ANSWER THIS!
How many grams of Cl2 is required to form 17.3g Al
to produce AlCl3?
PERFORMING STOICHIOMETRIC
EQUATIONS
ANSWER THIS!
How many grams of Cl2 is required to form 17.3g Al
to produce AlCl3?

ANSWER: 68.2g Cl