Counting atoms … What’s in it for me if I can count atoms correctly? You’ll be able to: balance chemical equations calculate formula/molecular mass calculate mols for a specific substance perform (terrifying) calculations involving mass-mol-# particles for several substances Just to be clear, I am talking about counting the number of atoms present in a […]
Last week I posted on the three methods to balance chemical equations. My quick google search seems to point towards Method 1 (by inspection or trial-error-method) and Method 2 (writing down atom counts) being the most popular methods when it comes to balancing equations. Most of the students I have worked with only knew Method
Is it important to be able to balance chemical equations correctly and quickly? You bet! Why so? First of all, you’ll make your chemistry teacher happy and maybe impress someone else along the way. Jokes aside, being able to balance chemical equation will open up a lot of possibilities. You’ll be able to get the
