From each side the number of atoms of each element must be the same.
if you mean the same number of each type of atom, yes.
..equal for each individual element.
same number of each element
If the equation has the same number of each type of atom on both sides of the arrow, it is balanced. If the number of atoms on each side of the arrow is not the same, the equation is not balanced. For example, in the equation H2 + O2 -->H2O, there are two hydrogen atoms and two oxygen atoms on the left, and two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom on the right. Therefore, the equation is not balanced. However, in the equation 2H2 + O2 -->2H2O, there are four hydrogen atoms and two oxygen atoms on the left and four hydrogen atoms and two oxygen atoms on the right, so the equation is balanced.
A balanced chemical reaction obeys the law of conservation of mass, because the same number of atoms of each element must appear on both sides of the equation for the reaction, and in any actual reaction, the same exact atoms will be found on both sides of the equation.
The reason why Chemical equations are balanced is because each side of the equation must have the same amount of atoms, it is impossible to, for example, have this side with 3 O and that side with 4 O. How to check: Here's a really good and famous example(Guranteed your cehmistry teacher will mention this some day!): CaO + H2O = Ca(OH)2 Is it balanced? There's one Ca(Calcium) on one side, same with the other side. (Balanced!) There's 2 Oxygen on one side, same with the other.(OH)2 Means two Oxygen, two Hydrogen.(Balanced!) There's 2 Hydrogen on both sides as well(H2). So the whole thing's balanced! If it's not balanced, you can't change the numbers, you have to change the number in front. e.g. in the chemical equation of photosynthesis, there's a 6H2O. That means that there is 12 hydrogen and 6 Oxygen, change that "6" at the front to balance stuff. If there's no number at the front, that's the same as "1".
In this case, the equation is balanced.
if you mean the same number of each type of atom, yes.
if you mean the same number of each type of atom, yes.
If the number of atoms of each element is the same on both sides of the equation, then it is balanced.
Balanced equation
In a balanced chemical equation the number of molecules or atoms are specified.
Balanced
The kinds of atoms and the number of each kind are the same on both sides of a balanced chemical equation.
A "balanced" equation.
A balanced chemical equation is when both the products and the reactants are balanced, or have the same number of atoms on each side of the equation. For example: 2H20 --> 2H2 + O2 This means there are 2 water molecules as the reactants (before reaction) and 4 hydrogen and 2 oxygen atoms as the products (after reaction). Technically the equation wouldn't work in real life if it weren't correctly balanced.
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