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What are the coefficients when the chemical equation below is balanced?___ Fe + ___ H2SO4 -> ___ Fe2(SO4)3 + ___ H21,1,1,12,3,3,32,3,1,33,2,3,1

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Answer:

2,3,1,3

Step-by-step explanation:

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User Leandro Hoffmann
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Answer:

2, 3, 1, 3.

Step-by-step explanation:

Remember that a balanced chemical equation is when we have the same number of elements for reactant and product side.

Let's see the unbalanced equation:


Fe+H_2SO_4\rightarrow Fe_2(SO_4)_3+H_2.

You can note that we have:

You can realize that we have Fe, S, and O unbalanced, but if we put '2' moles beside Fe, we will balance Fe, like this:


2Fe+H_2SO_4\operatorname{\rightarrow}Fe_2(SO_4)_3+H_2

Now, if we put '3' moles beside H2SO4 we will balance S and O, obtaining 3 moles of S, and 12 moles of O for both sides:


2Fe+3H_2SO_4\operatorname{\rightarrow}Fe_2(SO_4)_3+H_2

But H is unbalanced because on the left side we have 6 hydrogens but on the right side we have 2 hydrogens, so if we put '3' moles beside H2, we obtain the balanced chemical equation:


2Fe+3H_2SO_4\operatorname{\rightarrow}Fe_2(SO_4)_3+3H_2.

The order of the coefficients is 2, 3, 1, 3.

What are the coefficients when the chemical equation below is balanced?___ Fe + ___ H-example-1
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