Input interpretation
nitric acid + magnesium ⟶ water + nitrogen dioxide + magnesium 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 Mg: H: | c_1 = 2 c_3 N: | c_1 = c_4 + 2 c_5 O: | 3 c_1 = c_3 + 2 c_4 + 6 c_5 Mg: | 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_2 = 1 and solve the system of equations for the remaining coefficients: c_1 = 4 c_2 = 1 c_3 = 2 c_4 = 2 c_5 = 1 Substitute the coefficients into the chemical reaction to obtain the balanced equation: Answer: | | 4 + ⟶ 2 + 2 +
Structures
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Names
nitric acid + magnesium ⟶ water + nitrogen dioxide + magnesium nitrate
Chemical names and formulas
| nitric acid | magnesium | water | nitrogen dioxide | magnesium nitrate Hill formula | HNO_3 | Mg | H_2O | NO_2 | MgN_2O_6 name | nitric acid | magnesium | water | nitrogen dioxide | magnesium nitrate IUPAC name | nitric acid | magnesium | water | Nitrogen dioxide | magnesium dinitrate