How to Balance Potassium nitrate + Sulfuric acid → Potassium hydrogen sulfate + Nitric acid |
How to Balance: KNO3 + H2SO4 → KHSO4 + HNO3
Type of Chemical Reaction: This is a double replacement reaction.
Word Equation: Potassium nitrate + Sulfuric acid → Potassium hydrogen sulfate + Nitric acid
Balancing Strategies: This equation represents one way to make nitric acid by using Potassium nitrate and Sulfuric acid.
It is easiest to consider the polyatomic ions (NO3 and SO4) to be one item when balancing this equation. 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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