Magnesium reacts with carbon dioxide to form magnesium oxide and pure solid carbon.
mg + co2 --> mgo + c
this equation is not balanced. why is it important for us to balance the equation for this reaction?

a. to show the conservation of mass.

b. to show the conservation of energy.

c. if it is not balanced, the reaction will not work.

2Mg  + 2CO₂  →  2MgO  + C

Option a.

Explanation:

The chemical reactions are balanced in order to verify compliance with the Law of conservation of mass. This law states that in any chemical reaction, the mass of the reagents must be equal to the mass of the products

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answer : third trial had the contaminated sample and the correct value for dhrxn should be 1000 kj/mol

explanation :

let us write down the given equations

equation 1 :

equation 2 :

equation 3 :

let us use hess's law to find out which 2 equations can be added to get the third equation.

let us reverse equation 2 and multiply it by 2. the new equation that we get is,

equation 4 :

let us add equation 1 & 4

the above equation is similar to equation 3 but has different value for dhrxn.

therefore third trial had the contaminated sample and the correct value for dhrxn should be 1000 kj/mol