Atoms contain positively charged protons and negatively charged electrons. Why does an ordinary atom have no charge?

Atoms contain positively charged protons and negatively charged electrons. The atoms contain the same number of protons and electrons so the positively charged protons balance out the negatively charged electrons. Therefore, an atom is electrically neutral because it has no charge.

2fe + 3h2so4 -> fe2(so4)3 + 3h2

it is necessary to balance equations in order to get the proper amount of reactants as well as products in order not to make a miscalculation.

you cannot change the subscripts as that would change the substance itself. for instance, diatomic elements such as h2 only have the subscript two when a gas. another example would be so4, if you were to change the subscript, the element would no longer be sulfate.

we change the coefficients instead as that only changes the number of molecules rather than the substance itself.

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