Question

Write the chemical equation for aluminum reacts with steam.

Answer 1

Reaction of aluminum with steam:

• Aluminum reacts with steam to form an aluminum oxide with the evolution of hydrogen gas.
• The balanced chemical reaction can be written as:

$\underset{\left(\mathrm{Aluminum}\right)}{2\mathrm{Al}}+\underset{\left(\mathrm{Steam}\right)}{3{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}}\to \underset{(\mathrm{Aluminum}\mathrm{oxide})}{{\mathrm{Al}}_2{\mathrm{O}}_3}+\underset{\left(\mathrm{Hydrogen}\right)}{3{\mathrm{H}}_2\uparrow }$