Question

A piece of solid tin is submerged in silver nitrate solution. A reaction occurs producing tin (iv) nitrate solution and solid silver. Write the word equation, write the skeletal equation and balanced chemical equation for the reaction.

Answer 1

Answer: For the given reaction-

• The word equation is Tin + silver nitrate = tin (IV) nitrate + silver

• The skeletal equation is
  `Sn + AgNO_(3) \rightarrow N_(4)O_(12)Sn + Ag`

• The balanced chemical equation is
  `Sn(s) + 4AgNO_(3)(aq) \rightarrow N_(4)O_(12)Sn(aq) + 4Ag(s)`

Step-by-step explanation:

• When names of chemicals or species involved in a chemical reaction are represented in the form of an equation then it is known as a word equation.

For example, Tin + silver nitrate = tin (IV) nitrate + silver

The 'equal to' symbol denotes a forward arrow.

• A skeletal equation contains only the chemical formula of species involved in a chemical reaction.

For example,
`Sn + AgNO_(3) \rightarrow N_(4)O_(12)Sn + Ag`

• A chemical equation which contains same number of atoms on both reactant and product side along with states of species is called a balanced chemical equation.

`Sn(s) + 4AgNO_(3)(aq) \rightarrow N_(4)O_(12)Sn(aq) + 4Ag(s)`