Question

Write the skeletal equation for the following word equation:

Nitrogen + Hydrogen $\to$Ammonia

Answer 1

• A skeletal equation in the form of the equation in which the formula of the reactants is written on the left-hand side and that of the products on the right-hand side, separated with a plus (+) sign; and the direction of the reaction is shown with an arrow ($\to$) between the reactants and products. Such equations are not balanced.

Given equation: Nitrogen + Hydrogen $\to$Ammonia

The skeletal form of the equation will be: $\underset{\mathrm{Nitrogen}}{{\mathrm{N}}_2}+\underset{\mathrm{Hydrogen}}{{\mathrm{H}}_2}\to \underset{\mathrm{Ammonia}}{{\mathrm{NH}}_3}$

Hence, the balanced equation will be: $\underset{\mathrm{Nitrogen}}{{\mathrm{N}}_2}+\underset{\mathrm{Hydrogen}}{3{\mathrm{H}}_2}\to \underset{\mathrm{Ammonia}}{2{\mathrm{NH}}_3}$