Input interpretation
chlorine + activated charcoal ⟶ carbon tetrachloride
Balanced equation
Balance the chemical equation algebraically: + ⟶ Add stoichiometric coefficients, c_i, to the reactants and products: c_1 + c_2 ⟶ c_3 Set the number of atoms in the reactants equal to the number of atoms in the products for Cl and C: Cl: | 2 c_1 = 4 c_3 C: | c_2 = c_3 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 Substitute the coefficients into the chemical reaction to obtain the balanced equation: Answer: | | 2 + ⟶
Structures
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Names
chlorine + activated charcoal ⟶ carbon tetrachloride
Chemical names and formulas
| chlorine | activated charcoal | carbon tetrachloride Hill formula | Cl_2 | C | CCl_4 name | chlorine | activated charcoal | carbon tetrachloride IUPAC name | molecular chlorine | carbon | carbon tetrachloride
Substance properties
| chlorine | activated charcoal | carbon tetrachloride molar mass | 70.9 g/mol | 12.011 g/mol | 153.8 g/mol phase | gas (at STP) | solid (at STP) | liquid (at STP) melting point | -101 °C | 3550 °C | -23 °C boiling point | -34 °C | 4027 °C | 76.5 °C density | 0.003214 g/cm^3 (at 0 °C) | 2.26 g/cm^3 | 1.594 g/cm^3 solubility in water | | insoluble | insoluble surface tension | | | 0.0269 N/m dynamic viscosity | | | 9.08×10^-4 Pa s (at 25 °C) odor | | | ether-like
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