Friday, February 12, 2010

Stoichiomewhawha

Stoichiometry is the process of making and balancing chemical equations.

Here we have a simple chemical reaction, the creation of hydrogen chloride from reacting hydrogen and chloride.



In the chemical reaction, one hydrogen atom and one chloride atom react to form ions, which attract each other to form the ionic molecule hydrogen chloride. But since there are two hydrogen atoms in hydrogen gas and two chlorine atoms in chlorine gas, the product of HCL must be doubled in order to be balanced. This is the science of stoichiometry.

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