Hydrogen gas reacts rapidly with oxygen gas in the presence of a platinum catalyst. What equation would represent this reaction?

1 Answer
Sep 22, 2016

H_2(g) + 1/2O_2(g) rarr H_2O(g) + "energy"H2(g)+12O2(g)H2O(g)+energy

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Is the given equation stoichiometrically balanced? How may we remove the non-integral coefficient? Do we need to remove the non-integral coefficient?