I dont know why the elements that are in there are in there. It was a chemistry lab in my class. We were to mix the first things in each of the equations, and then it would turn a certain color. In the second one for example, it turned into a dark brown solid and that supposedly meant it turned into what you see on the other side of the arrow in each equation. Im not sure if i am setting up the equations correctly however. It was an expirement on oxidation reduction. I hope that helps. Thanks again for looking.