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So under basic conditions there is water that is balanced out on both sides by water itself and hydroxide? And under acidic solutions there are hydrogen molecules balanced out by water molecules?

If I understand the question correctly, yes H+ is used for acidic conditions and OH- is used for basic. The extra H20 molecules balance out both sides.

For acidic questions balance with H3O+ and water. For basic conditions use OH- and water.

Yes you’re right

For questions pertaining to acidic conditions you use H+, not H3O+, but yes for basic conditions you use OH- and you use water for both as well.

H3o+ in high concentrations means an acidic solution. Oh- in high concentrations means a basic one.

for an ACIDIC solution:
- balance the O by using H20
- balance the H by using H+ (you can also use H30+ but it's easier to do H+)

for a BASIC solution:
- balance O by using H2O
- balance H by adding H2O to the side of each half reaction that needs H & add OH- to the other side

These statements are all right. OH is a negative charge, so you will use this with basic solutions while H3O is positive, so you will use this in acidic conditions. H2O is unlimited and you can always include this

Yes. OH- is used in basic environment and H+ is used in acidic environment. H20 is added after the the addition of H+ and OH-, balancing the whole equation.

In acidic conditions the Hydrogen is balanced by H+ and H20 molecules and in basic conditions the Hydrogen is balanced by H20 and OH- molecules.

why is h+ and h3o+ used to balance the acidic h ?

Jordanmarshall wrote:why is h+ and h3o+ used to balance the acidic h ?

Because pH is determined by the amount of H+ ions and H+ and H3O+ all provide those ions