Question

What are skeletal chemical equations?What does it represent??

Answer 1

Skeletal ( or skeleton ) chemical equation is just a way using chemical formulae to represent chemical reactions.

For eg. The reaction of magnesium and oxygen to produce magnesium oxide can be representated in Skeletal ( or skeleton ) chemical equation as : -

2Mg + O2 ----> 2MgO

Answer 2

Answer:

A skeletal chemical equation represents the the way of writing chemical reaction...

If you recall the formula of magnesium, oxygen and magnesium oxide, the the above word equation can be written as

2Mg+O₂→ 2MgO

hope it helps..