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To correctly balance the half reaction, what would you need to add?

To correctly balance the half reaction, what would you need to add?-example-1
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1) Balance the chemical equation.


Se\rightarrow Se^(2-)

In order to balance the equation, we can add two electrons to the reactants.

So, the balance equation is


2e^-+Se\rightarrow Se^(2-)

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