how do you predict the products of a chemical reaction if you know which type of reaction it is by its reactants
How do you predict the products of a chemical reaction if you know which type of reaction it is by its reactants
By identifying the type of reaction involved.
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yeah i mean what do you do after that
like if you know it's a synthesis reaction from 2Mg + O2 how are you supposed to know that the product is 2MgO and not 2MgO2?
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i tried that but i still don't get it i have a test tomorrow jfkjdlkfsdjflkdjflsjdjfihehfehfehsjflsefjsl
something something molar mass of element and number of moles
It's written in alphabetical order, smooth brian
wtf i thought molar mass was a whole different thing
i know that but why is there only one oxygen in the product when there was two in the reactants?
because the bond between the two oxygens was broken
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how do you figure that out
idk its been too long sorry
do your best on the test btw im rooting for you user
Let’s say it’s a reaction between Magnesium and Oxygen, Mg has a charge of +2 while O has a charge of -2. So the charge will cancel each other out and the final product is MgO. The balanced equation is 2Mg+O2–> 2MgO
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oh, this makes sense. so if Mg was +2 and O was -3 then would it be MgO2? or would O have to be -4 to end up with MgO2?
it would be Mg3O2
No. If MG was +2 and O -4 you'd have 2MgO
2 positives charges from the Mg negates the 4 negatives charges of the O
oh yeah you have to make them proportional, thanks
uh are you sure
if +2 and -2 cancel out why would +2 and -4 cancel out as well?
I think he means Mg2O
Also magnesium peroxide can form, I'm not sure whether it has a balanced charge or not
oh ok, i think i get the basics now. so for other stuff like double replacement i guess it would just be the same but with more elements or is there more involved?
in peroxides the oxygen atoms are only 1- instead of 2-
so MgO2 could form as well as MgO, there's probably special bs conditions for it though
can you give an example of a double replacement problem?
Yeah you're right. Haven't done this in ages and I forgot where to put the numbers and stuff
K2CO3 + BaCl2
(the 3 is subscript to only O not CO)
that's a bit trickier, I haven't done that kinda stuff in a long time
I'll have a quick look online to refresh, it's probably got something to do with electronegativity
there could be three products idk
it says the answer is 2KCl + BaCO3, does that make it easier to figure out how to do it?
yeah that makes sense, Ba (2+) goes with CO3 (2-), and K+ goes with Cl-
does class talk about electronegativity at all
yes we did do stuff with electronegativity but i don't think we used it for this unit, i guess it's mostly just using the charges then
yeah don't worry about the why then, just add up the charges and balance them
ok then. thanks kiwi you're a life saver :)