When balancing a redox reaction, what are you balancing?
1 Answer
Jul 8, 2016
You are balancing both MASS and CHARGE.
Explanation:
Mass and charge are fundamental properties that are stoichiometrically balanced in every chemical reaction. Garbage out must equal garbage in.
We could take a simple example:
Is this balanced with respect to mass and charge? To where do the electrons go? What sort of redox reaction is this?
