Hey Guys,
I'm new here, my name is Alex. I'm having a lot of trouble with Chemistry and we are doing Reaction Predictions right now. Ok in this worksheet, I'm given a bunch of reactants and I'm expected to:
1. Tell what type of reaction might be expected
2. Whether the reaction will occur or not
3. If not, why it will not occur; then write the symbols and formulas for the
reactants
4. If so, what the balanced equation for the reaction is
5. In the case of double displacement reactions, whether the reaction goes
to completion or not
ok for number 1 they gave me tin and copper (ll) sulfate
Sn+ Cu(SO4)2
Ok I have a lot of questions. Did I write that reactant right, if not could you please explain to me what I did wrong. I understand that oxidation numbers come in to play when writing these. Copper is a transititonal element, so what would it's oxidation number be? How do you tell whether or not the reactants will work or not? When it says tell what type of reaction might be expected, I'm guessing it means the possibilities, there can be more than one possible reaction or no? Also when it says In the case of double displacement reactions, whether the reaction goes to completion or not. What is completion and how do you tell when it goes there?
There is one other reactant I don't quite understand:
electrolyzed
Calcium oxide --------------->
What does it mean 'electrolyzed' and what would I do in this situation? Thank you so much for your help.
*Alex*