Input interpretation
sodium + potassium nitrate ⟶ nitrogen + sodium oxide + potassium oxide
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 Na, K, N and O: Na: | c_1 = 2 c_4 K: | c_2 = 2 c_5 N: | c_2 = 2 c_3 O: | 3 c_2 = c_4 + 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_3 = 1 and solve the system of equations for the remaining coefficients: c_1 = 10 c_2 = 2 c_3 = 1 c_4 = 5 c_5 = 1 Substitute the coefficients into the chemical reaction to obtain the balanced equation: Answer: | | 10 + 2 ⟶ + 5 +
Structures
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Names
sodium + potassium nitrate ⟶ nitrogen + sodium oxide + potassium oxide
Chemical names and formulas
| sodium | potassium nitrate | nitrogen | sodium oxide | potassium oxide Hill formula | Na | KNO_3 | N_2 | Na_2O | K_2O name | sodium | potassium nitrate | nitrogen | sodium oxide | potassium oxide IUPAC name | sodium | potassium nitrate | molecular nitrogen | disodium oxygen(-2) anion | dipotassium oxygen(2-)