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M4 Periodic Table VI: Chemical Equations
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Core Learning Objectives
  • Concepts:
    • atom, molecule, diatomic molecule, symbol, formula,
    • chemical change, subscript, coefficient, equation, chemical (symbol) equation, balanced word equation, balanced chemical equation
    • reactant, product,
  • Skills:
    • State that a chemical reaction is the same as a chemical change
    • Construct word equations and simple balanced chemical equations for combination reactions when given relevant information
    • Use the symbols of the elements and write the formulae of simple compound
    • deduce the formula of a simple compound from the relative numbers of atoms present
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Extension Learning Objectives
    • deduce the formula of a simple compound from a model or a diagrammatic representation
    • construct word equations and chemical equation (using chemical formulas) for a chemical reaction given relevant information
    • Describe how to balance a chemical equation and that this is necessary in order for the reaction to obey the law of conservation of mass (in relation to atoms, molecules, and moles)
    • Balance simple chemical equations
    • Explain the importance of the subscripts, coefficients, and symbols used in a chemical equation
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Chemical equation
  • 2H2 (g) + O2 (g)  ®  2H2O(g)
  •      reactants product(s)
  • The above equation is an example of a balanced chemical equation.
    • “+” means “reacts with”
    • the coefficients show the relative quantity of atoms or molecules of the reactants and products (1 being understood)
    • the symbols inside the brackets indicate the physical state of the pure substances except “aq” which means aqueous, in solution (dissolved in water)
    • “s” indicates solid, “l” indicates liquid and “g” indicates gaseous
  • A balanced chemical equation shows the same type and equal number of atoms and charges on both sides.
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1. Combination Reaction
  • So a reaction between zinc and iodine can be visualized as follows:
  •    Zinc + Iodine à zinc iodide
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Diagrammatic representation
    • 2H2 (g) + O2 (g)  ®  2H2O(g)
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Combination Reaction
  • Other reactions are:
    • carbon    + oxygen à carbon dioxide
    • This is the reaction that takes place when coal burns.
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Combination Reaction
    • hydrogen + chlorine à hydrogen chloride
    • hydrogen + bromine à hydrogen bromide
    • hydrogen + iodine à hydrogen iodide
    • sulfur + oxygen à sulfur dioxide


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Characteristic Combination reactions
  • Metal with air (oxygen) – combustion reaction
    • Magnesium + oxygen ® magnesium oxide
    • Mg (s) +   O2 (g) ®   MgO (s)
    • Zinc + oxygen ® zinc oxide
    • Zn (s) +   O2 (g) ®   ZnO (s)
    • Sodium + oxygen ® sodium oxide
    • Na (s) +    O2 (g) ® Na2O (s)
    • Aluminum + oxygen ® aluminum oxide
    • Al (s) +     O2 (g) ®     Al2O3 (s)
  • In general then,
    • Metal (s) + oxygen (g) ® metal oxide (s)
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Characteristic Combination reactions
  • Non-metal and oxygen – combustion reaction
    • Carbon (s) + Oxygen (g) ® carbon dioxide (g)
    • C (s) + O2 (g) ® CO2 (g)
    • Sulfur (s) + Oxygen (g) ® sulfur dioxide (g)
    • S (s) + O2 (g) ®    SO2 (g)
    • Hydrogen (g) + Oxygen (g) ® water (l)
    • H2 (s) + O2 (g) ®   H2O (g)
  • In general then,
    • Non-metal + oxygen (g) ® non-metal oxide
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Characteristic Combination reactions
  • Metal with hydrogen
    • Sodium + hydrogen ® sodium hydride
    • Na(s) +    H2 (g) ®   NaH(s)
    • Lithium + hydrogen ® Lithium hydride
    • Li(s) + H2 (g) ®     LiH(s)
    • Magnesium + hydrogen ® potassium hydride
    • Mg(s) + H2 (g) ®    MgH2(s)
  • In general then,
    • Metal + hydrogen ® metal hydride
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Characteristic Combination reactions
  • Metal with halogen
    • Sodium + chlorine ® sodium chloride
    • Na(s) +     Cl2 (g) ®     NaCl(s)
    • Sodium + bromine ® sodium bromide
    • Na(s) +    Br2 (l) ®    NaBr(s)
    • Lithium + iodine ® Lithium iodide
    • Li(s) +    I2 (s) ®    LiI(s)
    • Potassium + fluorine ® potassium fluoride
    • K(s) +    F2 (g) ®    KF(s)
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Characteristic Combination reactions
    • Magnesium + Iodine ® Magnesium iodide
    • Mg(s) +    I2 (s) ®     MgI2(s)
    • Calcium + chlorine ® Calcium chloride
    • Ca(s) +    Cl2 (g) ®    CaCl2(s)
    • Aluminum + Bromine ® Aluminum bromide
    • Al(s) +    Br2 (l) ®     AlBr3(s)
    • Zinc + Iodine ® zinc iodide
    • Zn(s) +    I2 (s) ®    ZnI2(s)
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Characteristic Combination reactions
  • Non-metal (hydrogen) with halogen
    • Hydrogen + chlorine ® hydrogen chloride
    • H2 (g) +     Cl2 (g) ®     HCl (g)
    • Hydrogen + iodine ® hydrogen iodide
    • H2 (g) +   I2 (g) ®   HI (g)
    • Hydrogen + bromine ® hydrogen bromide
    • H2 (g) +   Br2 (g) ®    HBr (g)
  • In general then,
    • Metal/nonmetal + halogen ® metal/nonmetal halide
  • (Compounds of halogen are called halides.)
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To recap
  • You should have noted by now that
    • Oxygen becomes oxide.
    • And compounds containing oxygen and another element are referred to as oxides.
    • Nitrogen becomes nitride.
    • Similarly compounds containing nitrogen and another element are referred to as nitrides.
    • Chlorine becomes chloride, and compounds containing chlorine and another element are referred to as chlorides.
    • Bromine becomes bromide, and these binary compounds (compounds made up of only two elements) are referred to as bromides.
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To recap
    • Iodine becomes iodide, and these binary compounds are referred to as iodides.
    • Fluorine becomes fluoride, and these binary compounds are referred to as fuorides.
  • Similarly:
    • Phosphorus becomes phosphide, and these binary compounds are referred to as phosphides.
    • Sulfur becomes sulfide, and lastly these binary compounds are referred to as sulfides.

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Balancing Chemical Equations
  • 2H2 (g) + O2 (g)  ®  2H2O(g)
  •      reactants product(s)
  • The above equation is an example of a balanced chemical equation.
  • A balanced chemical equation shows the same type and equal number of atoms and equal charges on both sides
  • A chemical equation must be balanced because atoms can neither be created nor destroyed, which follows from the law of conservation of mass.
  • So it would be wrong and misleading for a chemical balance sheet which is what a chemical equation is, to show the creation or destruction of atoms!!
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Balancing a chemical equation by trial and error method
  • CH4 + O2 ®  CO2 + H2O
  • A chemical equation is balanced by adding coefficients in front of the chemicals.
  • 1. Begin by balancing elements that occur in only one substance on each side
    • In this example C or H.
    • C is already balanced and there are 4 H on the left but only 2 on the right.
    • The number of H atoms on the right can be increased to 4 by multiplying it by 2 (by adding the coefficient 2).
    • Add 2 in front of H2O (and not change H2O to H4O).
  • CH4 + O2 ®  CO2 + 2H2O
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Balancing a chemical equation by trial and error method
  • CH4 (g) + O2 (g)  ®  CO2 (g)  + 2H2O(g)
  • 2. Balance others leaving the element that occurs by itself last.
    • In this example C or H, depending on which you started with, and then finally oxygen.
    • Since we started with C and then moved on to H, we have only O to balance.
    • There are 2 O atoms on the left but 4 O atoms on the right, and just as with H, we can multiply O2 by 2 to raise the number of O atoms on the left to 4.
  • CH4 + 2O2 ®  CO2 + 2H2O
    • Notice balancing the element (here O2) that occurs by itselft last does not change the number of other already-balanced atoms in the reaction.
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Balancing a chemical equation by trial and error method
  • 3. Indicate physical state of the chemicals.
  • CH4 (g) + 2O2 (g)  ®  CO2 (g)  + 2H2O(g)
  • The equation is balanced.


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Balance that…Seesaw
  • Which way will the seesaw tilt?
  • What must you do to balance the seesaw?
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Practice Questions
  • 1. Balance the following equations.
    • a) Zinc + hydrochloric acid ® zinc chloride + Hydrogen
    • __ Zn (s) +  __ HCl (aq) ®   __ ZnCl2 (aq) +  __ H2 (g)
    • b) Sodium oxide + sulfuric acid à sodium sulfate + water
    • __ Na2O (s) +  __ H2SO4 (aq) ®   __ Na2SO4 (aq) + __ H2O (l)
    • c) copper oxide + hydrochloric acid à copper(II) chloride + water
    • __ CuO (s) +  __ HCl (aq) ®   __ CuCl2 (aq) +  __ H2O (l)
    • d) Zinc oxide + sulfuric acid à zinc sulfate + water
    • __ ZnO (s) +   __ H2SO4 (aq) ®  __ ZnSO4 (aq) +  __ H2O (l)
    • e) Sodium hydroxide + sulfuric acid à sodium sulfate + water
    • __ NaOH (aq) +   __ H2SO4 (aq) ®  __ Na2SO4 (aq) + __ H2O (l)
    • f) Barium hydroxide + hydrochloric acid à barium chloride + water
    • __ Ba(OH)2 (aq) +   __ HCl (aq) ®  __ BaCl2 (aq) +  __ H2O (l)
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Practice Questions
  • 2. Balance the following equations.
    • H2 (g) +    O2 (g)  ®   H2O (l)


    • H2 (g) +    Br2 (g)  ®   HBr (g)


    • K (s) +    O2 (g)  ®   K2O (s)


    • CO (g) +    O2 (g)  ®   CO2 (g)


    • Na (s) +   CuCl2 (aq)  ®   NaCl (aq) +   Cu (s)


    • Zn (s) +   HCl (aq)  ®     ZnCl2 (aq) +    H2 (g)
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Practice Questions: Multiple Choice
  • 1. N04/1/9 When propane is burned, carbon dioxide and water are formed, as shown.
      • C3H8 + 5O2 ® r CO2 + s H2O
    • Which values of r and s balance the equation?
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Practice Questions: Multiple Choice
  • 3. The diagrams show the arrangement of particles in the three states of matter.
    • 1       2                              3
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Practice Questions: Multiple Choice
  • 4. The equation shows the reaction between hydrogen molecules and chlorine molecules.
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Practice Questions: Multiple Choice
  • 5. Which diagram shows molecules of a compound containing twice as many nitrogen atoms as oxygen atoms?
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Practice Questions: Multiple Choice
  • 6. A molecule of compound X contains the following.
      • 2 atoms of carbon, C
      • 2 atoms of oxygen, O
      • 4 atoms of hydrogen, H
    • What is the formula of X?
    • A. (CH2)2O B. (CH2)2O2 C. C2(OH)4 D. C4H2O
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Practice Questions: Structured
  • 1. J04/2/1.The diagram shows models of various structures,
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Practice Questions: Structured
  • Which three of the structures A to F represent elements? Give a reason for your answer. [2]
    • Structures
    • Reason



  • (b) Which one of the structures A to F represents a gas containing single atoms? [1]
  • (c) (i) Which one of the structures A to F represents a gas containing diatomic molecules? [1]
    • (ii) State the name of a gas which has diatomic molecules. [1]