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Activity 5

CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND

BALANCING CHEMICAL EQUATIONS

A. Convert the following worded equations into a chemical equation and balance. Write
the reactants on the left side of the equation and the products on the right side of the
equation and indicate the physical state of each substance involved.

1. Solid ammonium carbonate is heated. It decomposes into ammonia gas, carbon

dioxide gas and water vapor.

(NH4)2CO3(s) → NH3(g) + CO2(g) + H2O(g)

2. Ethyl alcohol (CH3CH2OH) and carbon dioxide gas can be produced by the
fermentation of glucose (C6H12O6) with the presence of yeast.

C6H12O6(s) → CH3CH2OH(l) + CO2(g

3. Liquefied propane gas is often used for cooking in suburban areas away from natural
gas lines. Propane (C3H8) burns in oxygen gas, producing carbon dioxide gas, water
vapor and heat.

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C3H8(l) + O2(g) → CO2(g + H2O(g) + heat

4. Iron metal reacts with oxygen gas in air to form iron (III) oxide.

Fe(s) + O2(g) → Fe2O3(s)

5. Silver nitrate is used in “styptic pencils” which help to cauterize small nicks and cuts
occurring during shaving. Silver nitrate can be prepared by dissolving metallic silver
in concentrated nitric acid with hydrogen gas being an additional product of the
reaction.

Ag(s) + HNO3(Aq) → AgNO3(s) + H2(g)

B. Balance the equation and classify the following as combination/synthesis or

decomposition
or single displacement/substitution or double displacement reaction:

Chemical Equations Balance the reaction Classification

1. CuSO4(aq) + Zn(s) → ZnSO4(aq) + Cu(s)

2. MgO(s) + H2O(l) Mg (OH)2(aq)

3. KCl(aq) + AgNO3(aq) → KNO3(aq)

+ AgCl(↓)

4. CuSO4•H2O(s) + heat → CuSO4 +

H2O(g)
5. HCl(aq) + Al(s) → AlCl3 + H2(g)

6. CuSO4(aq) + Fe(s) → FeSO4(aq) + Cu(s)

7. (CH3COO)2Pb(aq) + K2CrO4(aq) →
CH3COOK(aq) + PbCrO4(↓)

8. Li2SO4(aq) + BaCl2(aq) → BaSO4(↓)

+ LiCl

9. Cu(s) + O2(g) + Heat → CuO(s)

10. CH3CH2OH(l) + O2(g) + heat →

CO2(g) + H2O(g)

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