Question

48. Write the molecular equation for the following word equation.

$\mathrm{Sulphur}+\mathrm{Oxygen}\to \mathrm{Sulphur}\mathrm{Dioxide}$

Answer 1

Step 1:- Representation of elements

Sulphur is denoted by S and Oxygen is denoted by O_{2 .}

Step 2:- Write the molecular equation

When Sulphur reacts with Oxygen, it produces Sulphur dioxide (SO₂).

Therefore, the balanced molecular equation for the reaction is:

$\underset{\mathbf{Sulphur}}{\mathbf{S}\mathbf{\left(}\mathbf{s}\mathbf{\right)}}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{+}\underset{\mathbf{Oxygen}}{\mathbf{}{\mathbf{O}}_{\mathbf{2}}\mathbf{\left(}\mathbf{g}\mathbf{\right)}}\mathbf{}\mathbf{\to }\underset{\mathbf{Sulphur}\mathbf{}\mathbf{dioxide}}{{\mathbf{SO}}_{\mathbf{2}}\mathbf{\left(}\mathbf{g}\mathbf{\right)}}$