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How to Balance Beryllium + Oxygen gas → Beryllium oxide |
How to Balance: Be + O2 → BeO
Type of Chemical Reaction: This is a combination reaction.
Word Equation: Beryllium + Oxygen gas → Beryllium oxide
| Balancing Strategies: To balance this equation it makes sense to start by changing the coefficient in front of BeO so that you balance the oxygen atoms.
This is a combination reaction because the Be and O2 come together to form beryllium oxide. For a complete explanation, watch:
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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