Thursday, January 26, 2006
Worksheet error
On the "Monster Equation Balancing/Reaction Type Worksheets" from 012106, on page 2 of the file, problem 6 d, there is a subscript error that makes balancing impossible.
The correct equation should have iron II chloride (FeCl2)and NOT iron III chloride (FeCl3) as the first reactant. This is a double replacement reaction so, as you will eventually learn, nothing happens to the charges of the cations or anions in such a reaction. Therefore, iron starts as a +2 ion and ends up as a +2 ion.
Thanks to Evelyn for pointing this out to me. It's good to know that some people are doing the hw carefully. Cheers.
The correct equation should have iron II chloride (FeCl2)and NOT iron III chloride (FeCl3) as the first reactant. This is a double replacement reaction so, as you will eventually learn, nothing happens to the charges of the cations or anions in such a reaction. Therefore, iron starts as a +2 ion and ends up as a +2 ion.
Thanks to Evelyn for pointing this out to me. It's good to know that some people are doing the hw carefully. Cheers.
# posted by C @ 12:20 AM 
