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Open the TI-Nspire document chembalance_en.tns.
6CO2 + 6H2O + sunlight C6H12O6 + 6O2
Do you recognize the chemical equation above? It is the equation for
hotosynthesis!one of the most imortant rocesses on "arth# $he
equation allo%s us to see the chemical formulas of the comoun&s
involve& in the rocess' During hotosynthesis( organisms that
contain chlorohyll utilize carbon &io)i&e *CO2+ an& %ater *H2O+ in the
resence of light to ma,e glucose *C6H12O6+ an& o)ygen *O2+'
$he letters in each of the comoun&s reresent elements foun& on the erio&ic table' -n element may be
reresente& by one caital letter such as *H+ for Hy&rogen or one caital letter an& one lo%ercase letter
such as *.n+ for .inc' $he numbers aearing as subscript in a chemical equation in&icate the number of
atoms of the articular element' In some chemical equations there are large numbers rece&ing the
chemical symbol' $hese large numbers are calle& coefficients an& they reresent the total amount of
each chemical resent in the equation' "quations are sai& to be balance& %hen there are the same
number of atoms from each element on both si&es of the arro%'
$here are t%o general tyes of reactions( hysical an& chemical' /hysical reactions are reactions %here
no chemical bon&s are bro,en or forme&( an& the molecular i&entities of the substances have not
change&' Chemical reactions result in chemical or substance changes' $hese changes occur at the
molecular level %ith atoms or grous of atoms that rearrange( resulting in &ifferent chemical comoun&s'
In the hotosynthesis reaction( CO2 + H2O are on the left si&e of the arro% an& are the reactants.
0eactants un&ergo changes *&emonstrate& by the arro%+ to become ne%ly forme& products, C6H12O6 +
O2 *on the right si&e of the arro%+' In all chemical reactions( the amount of the reactants has to equal the
amount of ro&ucts( &ue to $he Law of Conservation of Mass'
1ou %ill be using the Chemical 2alance tool to learn about balancing chemical equations'
On age 1'1( you %ill see a list of &irections e)laining ho% to use the significant figure tool' 3oo, over
these an& chec, %ith your classmates an& teacher to &iscuss any items you &o not un&erstan&'
NOTE: 2e careful to roerly caitalize the formulas an& molecules on each si&e of the equation' C3 on
one si&e of the equation %ill not match u against Cl on the other si&e of the equation'
NOTE: It is a good idea to have a periodic table available for chemical symbol identification
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purposes.
$ove to pa%e !#2# /ress / an& / to navigate
through the lesson'
E"ample !:
3oo, at the chemical equation on the screen' Does it loo, balance&?
&INT: If you count u the number of each element liste& on the left
si&e( &oes this number correson& to the same number for each
element on the right si&e? If not( the equation I456$ balance& an& the
number of molecules of each comoun& has to be a&7uste& until the
equation is balance&'
Here are the ,ey stes in balancing equations using your han&hel&' $he button lets you enter or
e&it the chemical equation' $he button lets you balance the chemical equation' 1ou can toggle
bet%een the t%o mo&es by clic,ing those buttons or ressing '
mo&e8
"nter the reactants in the area to the left( an& enter the ro&ucts in the area to the right'
"nter a lus *++ sign to searate the elements'
9se the e ,ey to move bet%een the left an& right han& si&e of the chemical equation' 1ou
cannot a&7ust the : sign'
mo&e8
Clic, the u or &o%n arro%s to a&7ust the coefficients of each element until the formula is
balance&'
2uilt;in rules8
- number in front of a molecule is a multilier for the molecule an& is &islaye& in regular;size&
font'
- number imme&iately follo%ing a letter or closing arenthesis is automatically change& to
subscrit' $his sho%s the number of atoms or grou of atoms in a molecule'
"ntering *s+( *l+( *g+( or *aq+ after the comoun& in&icates its state8 soli&( liqui&( gas( aqueous'
1ou can coy */ C+ an& aste */ V+ the chemical elements from te)t &ocuments into either the
reactants bo) or the ro&ucts bo) in the Chemical 2alance &ocument'
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E"ample 2:
$here are t%o reactants on the left si&e( %hich change to form
ro&ucts on the right si&e' $he elemental concentrations on the left
si&e &o not equal the elemental concentrations on the right si&e(
%hich means the equation is not balance&' $o balance the equation8
1' Clic, '
<1' =hat &o the re& &ots reresent? =hat &o you notice about the numbers on each si&e of the re&
&ots?
2' Clic, the u or &o%n arro%s * or + that are above or belo% the element or comoun& to alter the
number of molecules' 2alance the equation by changing O2 to >( CO2 to 2( an& H2O to >'
?' Clic, ' -&& H2 to the e)ression on the left si&e' $hen clic, '
<2' =hat &o the green &ots reresent? =hat &o you notice about the numbers on each si&e of the
green &ots?
NOTE: $he equation balancer only suorts a ma)imum of three reactants an& three ro&ucts'
Chemical 'eactions
9sing your ,no%le&ge of balancing chemical equations( ans%er the follo%ing questions' 0emember to
use vocabulary terms inclu&ing 3a% of Conservation of @ass( reactants an& ro&ucts'
<?' I&entify the relationshi bet%een AreactantsB an& Aro&uctsB in chemical equations'
<>' Consi&er the chemical equation8 CuO *s+ + H2*g+ Cu*s+ + H2O*g+
-' 9sing a erio&ic table( %hat are the element names for each of the chemical symbols?

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2' =hat &o the *s+ an& *g+ symbols ne)t to the chemicals reresent in this equation?
C' Ho% many atoms of each element are reresente& on each si&e of the equation?
D' Is this equation balance&? =hy or %hy not?

<C' 9sing the Chemical 2alance tool( balance the chemical equations in the table belo%'

Chemical E)uation Balanced Chemical E)uation
.n + HCl .nCl2 + H2
4> + D2 4D6
H24O> + De De2*4O>+? + H2
5a2CO? + HCl 5aCl + CO2 + H2O
EOH + H?/O> E?/O> + H2O
-u24? + H2 -u + H24
C2H6 + O2 H2O + CO2
4iO2 + HD 4iD> + H2O
5H>5O? 52 + O2 + H2O
@g?52 + H2O @gO + 5H?

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