Input interpretation
activated charcoal + calcium ⟶ calcium carbide
Balanced equation
Balance the chemical equation algebraically: + ⟶ Add stoichiometric coefficients, c_i, to the reactants and products: c_1 + c_2 ⟶ c_3 Set the number of atoms in the reactants equal to the number of atoms in the products for C and Ca: C: | c_1 = 2 c_3 Ca: | c_2 = 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 + ⟶
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Names
activated charcoal + calcium ⟶ calcium carbide
Chemical names and formulas
| activated charcoal | calcium | calcium carbide Hill formula | C | Ca | C_2Ca name | activated charcoal | calcium | calcium carbide IUPAC name | carbon | calcium | calcium acetylide
Substance properties
| activated charcoal | calcium | calcium carbide molar mass | 12.011 g/mol | 40.078 g/mol | 64.1 g/mol phase | solid (at STP) | solid (at STP) | solid (at STP) melting point | 3550 °C | 850 °C | 2300 °C boiling point | 4027 °C | 1484 °C | density | 2.26 g/cm^3 | 1.54 g/cm^3 | 2.22 g/cm^3 solubility in water | insoluble | decomposes | decomposes
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