How do you add chemical formulas?
1 Answer
You add them by conserving mass and charge.......
Explanation:
And the method of half equations employed in redox chemistry is an excellent example of this process.
For the oxidation of ethanol to acetic acid, we could propose the given oxidation reaction as:
And something, here
Deep-red purple permanganate ion is reduced down to almost colourless
And thus
Which, if I have done my sums right, is balanced with respect to mass and charge; as indeed it must be if we purport to represent chemical reality.