Input interpretation
nitric acid + aluminum ⟶ water + nitric oxide + aluminum 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 Al: H: | c_1 = 2 c_3 N: | c_1 = c_4 + 3 c_5 O: | 3 c_1 = c_3 + c_4 + 9 c_5 Al: | 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 = 1 c_5 = 1 Substitute the coefficients into the chemical reaction to obtain the balanced equation: Answer: | | 4 + ⟶ 2 + +
Structures
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Names
nitric acid + aluminum ⟶ water + nitric oxide + aluminum nitrate
Chemical names and formulas
| nitric acid | aluminum | water | nitric oxide | aluminum nitrate Hill formula | HNO_3 | Al | H_2O | NO | AlN_3O_9 name | nitric acid | aluminum | water | nitric oxide | aluminum nitrate IUPAC name | nitric acid | aluminum | water | nitric oxide | aluminum(+3) cation trinitrate