Balance the reaction equation if the reactant is written in brackets?

Pb(NO₃)₂ —> PbO + NO₂ + O₂

I don't know how to compensate for this, because there is a bracket next to the reactant and there are also indices 🙈😅

Could someone explain the exclusion or the rule for it? 😄

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Miraculix84
1 year ago

Help :

Pb(NO3)2 = PbNO3NO3 = PbNNOOOOOO

Solution :

2 Pb(NO3)2 —> 2 PbO + 4 NO2 + O2

TomRichter
1 year ago

> Pb(NO3)2

This means that the “molecule” (better formula unit because no individual molecules are present) consists of a lead ion and two nitrate ions.

You could also write PbN2O6

ThomasJNewton
1 year ago

It's not a math task, it's chemistry. There's no clasp.
You have 2 nitrations in the lead nitrate, you need to know that you don't want to find any rules.

Sometimes your equation is wrong, but you don't have to understand that chemically.

ThomasJNewton
1 year ago
Reply to  muhkuh506

You should know the structure of the fabrics. Lead(II) nitrate consists of lead and nitrations in a ratio of 1:2. Each nitration consists of an N and 3 O atoms and has a negative charge as a whole.
Recognition is then primary.

Approaching chemistry from the mathematical side has never been well, it is about substances and reactions that you must know.

prohaska2
1 year ago

Multiply. Like in math.

TomRichter
1 year ago
Reply to  prohaska2

And where we (the chemists) are constantly trying to make it clear to students that chemistry is not maths with element symbols.

prohaska2
1 year ago
Reply to  TomRichter

That's why in chemistry the number is according to the bracket…

(-))

Miraculix84
1 year ago
Reply to  TomRichter

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