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CHEMACTIVITY 16B: Balancing Redox Equations
POSSIBLE CLICKER QUESTIONS
After CTQ 11:
1. How many electrons must be added to balance the charge of the half reaction
Al(s) Al3+(aq)
2. When the following reaction is balanced, what are the coefficients?
__Al(s) + __Ag+(aq) __Al3+(s) + __Ag(s)
3. How many water molecules are required to balance the following half reaction?
MnO4(aq) Mn2+(aq)
4. How many water molecules are required to balance the following half reaction?
MnO4(aq) Mn2+(aq)
5. Before adding the following balanced half reactions:
Fe2+ Fe3+ + e
8H+ + MnO4 + 5e Mn2+ + 4 H2O
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6. What is the last step when balancing complicated redox reactions?
7. Li is above Mn in the activity series. What does that imply?
8. Mn appears above H2 in the activity series. What does that imply?