Question 5.3
Translate the following statement into chemical equation and then balance it:

Barium chloride reacts with aluminium sulphate to give aluminium chloride and a precipitate of barium sulphate.

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Solution

The chemical equation for the given chemical reaction is:
${BaCl}_{2} (aq) + {Al}_{2} {(SO}_{4})_{3} (aq) \to {AlCl}_{3} (aq) + {BaSO}_{4} (s)$

The balanced chemical equation is:
$3 {BaCl}_{2} (aq) + {Al}_{2} {(SO}_{4})_{3} (aq) \to 2 {AlCl}_{3} (aq) + 3 {BaSO}_{4} (s)$

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