When Barium reacts with Oxygen, it forms Barium Oxide Ba(s) + O2(g) ---> BaO(s)
The balanced equation for this is: 2Ba(s) + O2(g) ---> 2BaO(s) Why is the balanced equation not: Ba(s) + 1/2 O2(g) ---> BaO(s) Im sure you can use fractions when balancing equations?
When Barium reacts with Oxygen, it forms Barium Oxide Ba(s) O2(g) ---> BaO(s)
The balanced equation for this is: 2Ba(s) O2(g) ---> 2BaO(s) Why is the balanced equation not: Ba(s) 1/2 O2(g) ---> BaO(s) Im sure you can use fractions when balancing equations?
I’m not hundred percent sure but I believe it is normally written with whole numbers in balanced equations most of the time , you won’t get marked down for fractions they both are the right method but the reaction containing fractions is normally used for describing an enthalpy of formation
It's conventional to write whole numbers rather than fractions but it's not wrong in any way. In A-levels, I'm 99.9% sure you will not get marked down, but in GCSE you would more likely be marked down.