Input interpretation
nitric acid + iron ⟶ water + nitrogen + iron(II) nitrate
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, N, O and Fe: H: | c_1 = 2 c_3 N: | c_1 = 2 c_4 + 2 c_5 O: | 3 c_1 = c_3 + 6 c_5 Fe: | c_2 = 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_4 = 1 and solve the system of equations for the remaining coefficients: c_1 = 12 c_2 = 5 c_3 = 6 c_4 = 1 c_5 = 5 Substitute the coefficients into the chemical reaction to obtain the balanced equation: Answer: | | 12 + 5 ⟶ 6 + + 5
Structures
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Names
nitric acid + iron ⟶ water + nitrogen + iron(II) nitrate
Chemical names and formulas
| nitric acid | iron | water | nitrogen | iron(II) nitrate Hill formula | HNO_3 | Fe | H_2O | N_2 | FeN_2O_6 name | nitric acid | iron | water | nitrogen | iron(II) nitrate IUPAC name | nitric acid | iron | water | molecular nitrogen |