chem question: true or false?

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chem question: true or false?

When balancing equations that include polyatomic ions, you can balance the polyatomic ion as a group instead of individual atoms.

2007-03-20 09:19:38 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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It depends

if you're talking like

SO4 + H2 --> H(SO4)2 + H

(yeah, I know that wouldn't work) then yes, because there aren't any other Os.

But if it was PSO4 +H2O --> H(SO4)2 +POH
(yes, I know that wouldn't be possible)
then no, because there are Oxygens places other than in the polyatomic

make sense?

2007-03-20 09:30:17 · answer #1 · answered by Briar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Dont know didnt take Chem.

2007-03-20 16:22:12 · answer #2 · answered by MJ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋

True - it saves a lot of effort!

2007-03-20 16:21:36 · answer #3 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋