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How to Balance Sodium hydroxide + Phosphoric acid → Sodium dihydrogen phosphate + Water and and and |
How to Balance: NaOH + H3PO4 → NaH2PO4 + H2O
Type of Chemical Reaction: This is a neutralization reaction.
Word Equation: Sodium hydroxide + Phosphoric acid → Sodium dihydrogen phosphate + Water and and and
| Balancing Strategies: For this equation make sure that you count the atoms up correctly on each side of the equation. For example, there are a total of five oxygen atoms on the reactants side of the 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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