Question

Write balanced chemical equations for the reaction of lead with Sodium Hydroxide.

Answer 1

Balancing of chemical equations: Balancing of chemical equations may be defined as - “The process of making the number of different types of elements, on both sides of the equation, equal.”

In a balanced equation, the number of atoms of different elements on both sides of the equation is always equal.

The balancing of a chemical equation is essential or necessary to fulfill the requirement of the “Law of conservation of mass”.

Chemical equations for the reaction of lead with Sodium Hydroxide are follow:

$$\begin{gathered} \mathrm{Pb}+2\mathrm{NaOH}\to {\mathrm{Na}}_2{\mathrm{PbO}}_2+{\mathrm{H}}_2 \\ \left(\mathrm{lead}\right)\left(\mathrm{Sodium}\mathrm{Hydroxide}\right)\left(\mathrm{Sodium}\mathrm{plumbate}\right)\left(\mathrm{Hydrogen}\mathrm{gas}\right) \end{gathered}$$