What is meant by a skeletal chemical equation ? Using suitable chemical reaction, differentiate between a skeletal chemical equation and balanced chemical equation

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A skeletal equation is such a chemical reaction in which, the reactant and products are identified with their chemical formula but their quantity and proportion is not identified . For ex:
Formation of magnesium oxide by burning Mg -ribbon in presence if oxygen as:
Mg + O₂ -> MgO
The above equation is just a skeletal equation where the formulas are written but the no. of atoms are not balanced so the balanced chemical equation is ,
2Mg + O₂ -> 2MgO

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