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if a chemical equation is impossible to balance, what is most likely the problem?

2007-01-08 14:00:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Generally one of the chemical formulas is not written correctly. It could also be due to forgetting that elemental oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, chlorine, fluorine are diatomic.

2007-01-08 14:05:29 · answer #1 · answered by physandchemteach 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋

In my experience the usual offender is that you may have the formula of one or more of the products wrong. It would be hard to balance:

H2SO4 + NaOH --> NaSO4 + H20

2007-01-08 22:06:23 · answer #2 · answered by kentucky 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Something is copied wrong.

2007-01-08 22:08:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋