what is the skeleton chemical equation of this? And Balanced equation.
Copper (ii) chloride + Lithium --> Lithium Chloride + Copper
To determine the skeleton chemical equation, we need to write the chemical formulas of the reactants and products.
Copper (II) chloride is written as CuCl2.
Lithium is simply written as Li.
Lithium chloride is written as LiCl.
Copper is written as Cu.
Therefore, the skeleton chemical equation is:
CuCl2 + Li → LiCl + Cu.
Next, let's balance the equation by ensuring that there is an equal number of each type of atom on both sides of the equation.
First, let's count the number of each type of atom on each side:
Left side (reactants):
Copper (Cu): 1 atom
Chlorine (Cl): 2 atoms
Lithium (Li): 1 atom
Right side (products):
Lithium (Li): 1 atom
Chlorine (Cl): 1 atom
Copper (Cu): 1 atom
Since the number of atoms of each element is not balanced, we need to adjust the coefficients in front of each compound until the number of atoms is equal on both sides.
The balanced equation is:
3CuCl2 + 2Li → 2LiCl + 3Cu.
Now, in this balanced equation, on the left side, we have 3 copper atoms, 6 chlorine atoms, and 2 lithium atoms. On the right side, we have 3 copper atoms, 2 chlorine atoms, and 2 lithium atoms. Therefore, the equation is now balanced.