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This chemical reaction is balanced.
1 C2H5OH+202 arrow 2 CO2+3H2O
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The ch
emical reaction provided is indeed balanced. Therefore, the statement is true.
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To check if a chemical reaction is balanced, you need to count the number of each type of atom on both sides of the equation. Let's go through the elements one by one in this reaction and count the atoms:
On the left side of the equation:
- Carbon (C): 2 atoms
- Hydrogen (H): 6 atoms
- Oxygen (O): 2 atoms
On the right side of the equation:
- Carbon (C): 2 atoms
- Hydrogen (H): 6 atoms
- Oxygen (O): 8 atoms
Since the number of atoms of each element is not the same on both sides of the equation, the reaction is not balanced. In this case, we have an imbalance in the oxygen atoms.
To balance the equation, you can adjust the coefficients in front of each molecule until the number of atoms for each element is the same on both sides. In this reaction, we can balance the oxygen by multiplying C2H5OH by 5 and CO2 by 4. The balanced equation would be:
5 C2H5OH + 12 O2 -> 8 CO2 + 9 H2O
So, the statement "This chemical reaction is balanced" is False.
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The chemical reaction you provided is indeed balanced. It follows the law of conservation of mass, with an equal number of each type of atom on both sides of the equation. Therefore, the statement "This chemical reaction is balanced" is true.