Question

aqua solution of common salt reacts with carbon dioxide and ammonia to from ammonium chloride and sodium hydrogen carbonate... balance the equation?​

Answer 1

The balanced equation is

$NaCl+NH_3+H_2O+CO_2\longrightarrow NaHCO_3+NH_3Cl$

• The reactants are common salt(NaCl), carbon dioxide(CO₂) and ammonia(NH3) and the products are ammonium chloride(NH₃Cl) and sodium hydrogen carbonate(NaHCO₃) also known as baking soda.

• As the aqueous solution of common salt is used, water(H₂O) will also be a reactant. So the reaction will be

            $NaCl+NH_3+H_2O+CO_2\longrightarrow NaHCO_3+NH_3Cl$

• The respective number of sodium, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen atoms are equal on both the sides of the reaction. Therefore it is a balanced equation.