Balancing Equations

• Balancing equations:

• Law of Conservation of Mass

• Conservation of atoms

• Do we need to conserve molecules?

  2H2O2(aq) ? 2H2O(g) + O2(g)
  

• Adjust coefficients and not subscripts to balance an equation

• Demo: Elephant’s Toothpaste/Genie in Bottle

• Coefficients are usually integers

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