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itsisabelle
Oct 13, 2008, 05:27 AM
Hey! How would you balance this equation: :confused:

C2H5(OH) + O2 --> CO2 + H2O ? And

Sb2S3 + O2 --> Sb2O3 + SO2 ?

Thx a lot. :)

vev_pro
Oct 13, 2008, 06:02 AM
Hey man I am not a chemistry student but I have a problem of high memory power(I don't forget my crushes &other things.iam suffering).ok coming to your q
I am a mechanical engineer.I studied these 8 yrs back! sorry for boring u


2Sb2S3 + 9O2 --> 2Sb2O3 + 6SO2


2C2H5OH +6 O2 --> 4CO2 + 6H2O

Unknown008
Oct 19, 2008, 08:31 PM
Huh... you missed that vev_pro... See that

2C2H5OH +6 O2 --> 4CO2 + 6H2O

?

Well, they're all multiples of 2... so reduce it to:

C2H5OH + 3O2 --> 2CO2 + 3H2O