Answer to Question #98057 in Inorganic Chemistry for Shane Jessica Ballera

Question #98057
How do you balance nitrogen monoxide + oxygen -> nitrogen dioxide
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Expert's answer
2019-11-05T07:39:58-0500

The unbalanced reaction looks like:

"NO + O_2 = NO_2;"

First of all, we need to balance oxygen molecules: we place 2 before NO2. After that we need to balance nitrogen: we place 2 before NO.

"2NO + O_2 = 2NO_2;"

As we see, now the equation is balanced - the amounts of atoms in the left and the right parts of the equation are equal.


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