Question

What are the coefficients that will balance the skeleton equation below?__Sn + __HF - __SnF2 + __H2

Answer 1

`\begin{gathered} 1\text{ Sn + 2HF }\rightarrow\text{ 1 SnF}_2\text{ + 1H}_2 \\ \\ The\text{ coefficents from the above are 1 ,2 ,1 and 1} \end{gathered}`

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we want to balance the given equation

To do this, we have to ensure that the number of atoms of each element on each side of the chemical equation is the same

We can start by balancing the HF as follows:

`Sn\text{ + 2HF }\rightarrow\text{ SnF}_2\text{ + H}_2`

From what we have above:

Sn = 1 on both sides

H = 2 on both sides

F = 2 on both sides

Thus, we can conclude that the reaction is balanced at this stage

We simply put the value 1 in places where we do not have another number as coefficient