Question

How do you remove halides from a chemical equation?

Answer 1

You don’t!

Explanation:

In a balanced chemical equation, you must have the same numbers of each type of atom on each side of the equation.

For example, if the equation is

`"AgNO"_3"(aq)" +"HCl(aq)" → "AgCl(s)" + "HNO"_3"(aq)`

The `"Cl"` appears on each side of the equation.

You have removed chloride from the solution, but you haven’t removed it from the equation.