GOAL(s):
- Balance a chemical equation
- Interpret the information conveyed by a balanced chemical equation
DEFINITIONS:
balanced chemical equation: a chemical equation that shows equal
numbers of atoms of each kind in the products and the reactants.
stoichiometry: the study of the quantitative relations between amounts
of reactants and products.
stoichiometric coefficients: the multiplying numbers assigned to
the species in a chemical equation in order to balance the equation.
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