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chemical equation

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noun

  1. a representation of a chemical reaction using symbols of the elements to indicate the amount of substance, usually in moles, of each reactant and product

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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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