Balancing redox rxns [ENDORSED]

[Payton Schwesinger 1J]

When you are given a redox reaction to balance, is there a general set of steps you can use to do it? What do you balance first, second, etc?

[Matthew Lee 3L]

I don't think there is an exact set of steps to follow. You should just balance it however you feel comfortable.

[Katie Lam 1B]

You just need to balance it so that the electrons that are transferred cancel out between the two half reactions.

[Charles Ang 1E]

I don't know if this is of any help, but I start by identifying the two half-reactions and identifying the difference in electrons, then I balance it as if I were using hess's law.

[Chem_Mod]

See the section on my class website titled:
Redox Reactions

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https://lavelle.chem.ucla.edu/wp-conten ... itions.pdf

[Sarah Clemens 1B]

Toolbox 14.1 in the textbook on page 563 gives step by step for balancing redox equations if thats any help!

[Arshpreet Sandhu 1B]

^ The toolbox lists out the steps