Question #c7554
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Feb 16, 2018
Explanation:
Reactants:
Copper is not a diatom, but Chlorine is. This means that Chlorine must be written with a 2 in subscripts.
Products:
Copper will most likely have an oxidation number of +2; Chlorine has a number of -1.
Copper(II) Chloride exists in a ratio of
You must keep watch for other diatoms and complex equations in more advanced chemistry; you will be expected to balance these.
It is a synthesis reaction because it has two reactants combining to form one product.