Input interpretation
water + chlorine + nitrous acid ⟶ hydrogen chloride + nitric acid
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 Set the number of atoms in the reactants equal to the number of atoms in the products for H, O, Cl and N: H: | 2 c_1 + c_3 = c_4 + c_5 O: | c_1 + 2 c_3 = 3 c_5 Cl: | 2 c_2 = c_4 N: | c_3 = c_5 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_1 = 1 and solve the system of equations for the remaining coefficients: c_1 = 1 c_2 = 1 c_3 = 1 c_4 = 2 c_5 = 1 Substitute the coefficients into the chemical reaction to obtain the balanced equation: Answer: | | + + ⟶ 2 +
Structures
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Names
water + chlorine + nitrous acid ⟶ hydrogen chloride + nitric acid
Chemical names and formulas
| water | chlorine | nitrous acid | hydrogen chloride | nitric acid Hill formula | H_2O | Cl_2 | HNO_2 | ClH | HNO_3 name | water | chlorine | nitrous acid | hydrogen chloride | nitric acid IUPAC name | water | molecular chlorine | nitrous acid | hydrogen chloride | nitric acid