Question

Define of skeletal chemical equation

Answer 1

A skeleton equation, is a way of using formulas to indicate the chemicals that are a part of the chemical reaction.

In essence, it is identical to a word equation, except that the names of the reactants and the products are substituted by their chemical symbols.

In skeleton equations, the physical states of the reactants and products are mentioned as subscripts on the right-hand side next to each element.

The symbol (s) is used to represent a solid, (l) a liquid, (aq) an aqueous, and (g) a gas, this increases the utility of the skeleton equation.

The following is an equation for the reaction that produces salt:

Na(s) + Cl2(g) -------> NaCl(s)

The skeleton equation thus provides us with a better means of expressing a chemical reaction, as compared to a word equation.

Even though there are two chlorine atoms on the reaction side, there is just a single one on the product side, one chlorine atom isn't accounted for by the skeleton equation.

Thus, the skeleton equation shows only the elements which are involved in a chemical reaction, but does not express the quantities in which they react or are produced.

Since the quantity of reactants on the left-hand side (LHS) mostly differs from the quantity of the product/s on the right-hand side (RHS), a skeleton equations is said to be an unbalanced equation.

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Answer 2

skeletal chemical equation is a type of equation in which the reactants and products involving in the reaction are represented by the symbols and formulas. it may be balanced or not.
example- magnesium reacts with oxygen to produce magnesium oxide.
Mg + 1/2O2 ----------- MgO