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How to Balance Sodium hydroxide + Iron (III) chloride → Iron (III) hydroxide + Sodium chloride |
How to Balance: NaOH + FeCl3 → Fe(OH)3 + NaCl
Type of Chemical Reaction: This is a double replacement reaction.
Word Equation: Sodium hydroxide + Iron (III) chloride → Iron (III) hydroxide + Sodium chloride
| Balancing Strategies: This is a double displacement reaction. It is helpful to count the OH- as one thing since you have it on both sides of the equation (see video solution in "Show Balanced Equation").
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About Balancing Chemical EquationsWhen balancing chemical equations our goal is to have the same number of each type of atom on both sides of the equation.Only change the coefficients (these are the numbers in front substances).
 Never change the subscripts (the small numbers after elements).
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