chemical equation
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Write the balanced chemical equation for the reaction of an aqueous solution of HNO3 with CuO.
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The chemical equation representing this process is provided in the upper half of Figure 4.2, with space-filling molecular models shown in the lower half of the figure.
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This process is represented qualitatively by an unbalanced chemical equation:
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A balanced chemical equation often may be derived from a qualitative description of some chemical reaction by a fairly simple approach known as balancing by inspection.
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“I used to know any chemical equation or macromolecular synthesis without hesitation. But with age, I am becoming less useful.”
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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