Question

How do you write a chemical equation to represent "Gaseous ammonia reacts with gaseous oxygen to form gaseous nitrogen monoxide and gaseous water"?

Answer 1

This is a redox reaction that may be formally solved by the oxidation number method.

Explanation:

`4NH_3(g) + 5O_2(g) rarr 4NO(g) + 6H_2O(g)`

Is this balanced? Can you write redox half equations? What is the oxidation state of `N` in nitrous oxide? What is species is oxidized and what species is reduced?