Answer:
his reaction is the synthesis of Ammonia using Nitrogen and Hydrogen gas.
N
+
H
→
N
H
3
We must remember that Nitrogen and Hydrogen are both diatomic molecules in their standard gas form. This adjusts the equation to
N
2
+
H
2
→
N
H
3
Now we need to adjust coefficients in order to balance the atoms on each side of the equation. Currently we have 2 atoms of nitrogen and 2 atoms of hydrogen on the reactant side and 1 atom of nitrogen and 3 atoms of hydrogen on the product side.
We can balance the hydrogens by placing a coefficient of 2 in front of ammonia and a coefficient of 3 in front of the hydrogen.
N
2
+
3
H
2
→
2
N
H
3
This gives us 6 hydrogen on each side and coincidentally the nitrogens now equal 2 on each side.
I hope this was helpful.
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