How does aluminum metal react with water? Write a balanced chemical equation.
Aluminum (Al) metal reacts with stream (water in vapor state) and forms oxides of aluminum (Al2O3) and hydrogen (H2) gas.
Balanced Chemical Equation:2Al(s)+3H2O(g)→Al2O3(s)+3H2(g)
(a) What is a balanced chemical equation ? Why should chemical equations be balanced ?
(b) Aluminium burns is chlorine to form aluminium chloride (AlCl3). Write a balanced chemical equation for this reation.
(c) Potassium metal reacts with water to give potassium hydroxide and hydrogen gas. Write a balanced chemical equation for this reaction.