A tutorial on balancing chemical equations

by George McBane, D. Neal McDonald, Zil Lilas,
Midori Kitagawa-DeLeon, Sherwin J. Singer



Once you've read through this material, you could give the Monkey Business exercise a try.
  1. The meaning of chemical equations.
  2. Balancing a chemical equation.
  3. Balancing by inspection.
  4. More balancing by inspection.
  5. Complications.

If your computer can play sound, and you have Shockwave plug-in loaded, choose the topics listed above to hear a discussion of balancing chemical equations. If not, choose the same topics listed below to read a text-only version of the same discussion.
  1. The meaning of chemical equations.
  2. Balancing a chemical equation.
  3. Balancing by inspection.
  4. More balancing by inspection.
  5. Complications.

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