Input interpretation
potassium hydroxide + manganese dioxide + potassium nitrate ⟶ water + potassium manganate + potassium nitrite
Balanced equation
Balance the chemical equation algebraically: + + ⟶ + + Add stoichiometric coefficients, c_i, to the reactants and products: c_1 + c_2 + c_3 ⟶ c_4 + c_5 + c_6 Set the number of atoms in the reactants equal to the number of atoms in the products for H, K, O, Mn and N: H: | c_1 = 2 c_4 K: | c_1 + c_3 = 2 c_5 + c_6 O: | c_1 + 2 c_2 + 3 c_3 = c_4 + 4 c_5 + 2 c_6 Mn: | c_2 = c_5 N: | c_3 = c_6 Since the coefficients are relative quantities and underdetermined, choose a coefficient to set arbitrarily. To keep the coefficients small, the arbitrary value is ordinarily one. For instance, set c_2 = 1 and solve the system of equations for the remaining coefficients: c_1 = 2 c_2 = 1 c_3 = 1 c_4 = 1 c_5 = 1 c_6 = 1 Substitute the coefficients into the chemical reaction to obtain the balanced equation: Answer: | | 2 + + ⟶ + +
Structures
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Names
potassium hydroxide + manganese dioxide + potassium nitrate ⟶ water + potassium manganate + potassium nitrite
Chemical names and formulas
| potassium hydroxide | manganese dioxide | potassium nitrate | water | potassium manganate | potassium nitrite Hill formula | HKO | MnO_2 | KNO_3 | H_2O | K_2MnO_4 | KNO_2 name | potassium hydroxide | manganese dioxide | potassium nitrate | water | potassium manganate | potassium nitrite IUPAC name | potassium hydroxide | dioxomanganese | potassium nitrate | water | dipotassium dioxido-dioxomanganese | potassium nitrite