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How to Balance Hydrogen sulfide + Sulfur dioxide → Water + Sulfur |
How to Balance: H2S + SO2 → H2O + S
Type of Chemical Reaction: This is a single displacement reaction.
Word Equation: Hydrogen sulfide + Sulfur dioxide → Water + Sulfur
| Balancing Strategies: To balance this equation it is best to leave the S atom until last. This is because it is a single element and we can easily change it's coefficient without changing any other compounds in the chemical 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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