Input interpretation
KHSO3 ⟶ water + potassium metabisulfite
Balanced equation
Balance the chemical equation algebraically: KHSO3 ⟶ + Add stoichiometric coefficients, c_i, to the reactants and products: c_1 KHSO3 ⟶ c_2 + c_3 Set the number of atoms in the reactants equal to the number of atoms in the products for K, H, S and O: K: | c_1 = 2 c_3 H: | c_1 = 2 c_2 S: | c_1 = 2 c_3 O: | 3 c_1 = c_2 + 5 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 KHSO3 ⟶ +
Structures
KHSO3 ⟶ +
Names
KHSO3 ⟶ water + potassium metabisulfite
Chemical names and formulas
| KHSO3 | water | potassium metabisulfite formula | KHSO3 | | Hill formula | HKO3S | H_2O | K_2O_5S_2 name | | water | potassium metabisulfite
Substance properties
| KHSO3 | water | potassium metabisulfite molar mass | 120.2 g/mol | 18.015 g/mol | 222.3 g/mol phase | | liquid (at STP) | solid (at STP) melting point | | 0 °C | 190 °C boiling point | | 99.9839 °C | density | | 1 g/cm^3 | 1.2 g/cm^3 surface tension | | 0.0728 N/m | dynamic viscosity | | 8.9×10^-4 Pa s (at 25 °C) | odor | | odorless |
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