Hey Marie, do you still remember our lesson yesterday? About the physical and chemical changes in matter?
Yes! I love it. I', quite amused by these changes in matter.
In connection to yesterday's lesson, our lesson to today is about Writing and Balancing different Chemical Equations
In conclusion, The method of representing a chemical reaction with the help of symbols and formula of the substances involved in it is known as a chemical equation.
Marie, do you know how to solve example 5? The situation is Magnesium reacts with Nitrogen gas to produce magnesium nitride.
Sure I can help you with that. Convert the situation into a chemical equation first.
Balance the given chemical equation by adding coefficient after the chemical symbol or chemical formula.
So if I consider the coefficient of the product and the reactant, I would only get a 3 in the Magnesium?
Yup, that's about it. Three molecules of Magnesium react with a Nitrogen gas yields 1 molecule of Magnesium Nitride. Do you know it now? Come on, I'm hungry.
It's clear to me now. Thank you. By the way, lunch will be my treat.