Tuesday, July 12, 2011

(Easy 10 points) What is the coefficient for sulfuric acid in this balanced equation?

There are two H in H2SO4 but only one in HCN so HCN needs a coefficient of 2. That means that there are now two CNs and two Nas on the product side but only one on the reactant side, NaCN, so NaCN needs a coefficient of 2 as well. It would be 1 2 2 1 making sulfuric acid's coefficient 1.

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