When this chemical equation is correctly balanced, what is the coefficient of the carbon dioxide molecule?
1 Answer
Surely it is
Explanation:
The balanced chemical equation for this combustion reaction is:
Now this equation is stoichiometrically balanced: it is balanced with respect to charge as well as mass. For every carbon atom reactant particle, there is a carbon atom product particle; the same for hydrogen; and the same for oxygen.
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So try this out. Represent the combustion of