What is meant by skeletal chemical equation? Using suitable chemical reaction,

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What is meant by skeletal chemical equation? Using suitable chemical reaction, differentiate between a skeletal chemical equation and a balanced chemical equation.

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answered Feb 7, 2018 by mdsamim (213,225 points) 5 10 22
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i. Skeletal chemical equation is a representation of a chemical reaction using chemical formulae of reactants and products and it is unbalanced.

eg. Mg + HCl → MgCl2 + H2

ii.  In balanced chemical equation, the number of atoms of each element on both the sides of the equation are equal.

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