spectator ion
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spectator ion
Without being told, how can we tell when there is going to be a spectator ion in a chemical equation?
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Re: spectator ion
A spectator ion is one that is found on both the reactant and product side of the reaction. In order to figure out if a reaction has spectator ions, the best way would be to write the reaction with all the ions split up, and see which are present in the same form on both sides. A spectator ion is one that will not react with another species to form a product.
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Re: spectator ion
Spectator ions are ions that are present and unchanged in both the reactants and products in the net ionic equation. Because they are on both sides of the equation, they cancel out and do not affect the equilibrium.
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Re: spectator ion
Hi,
A spectator ion is one that doesn't participate in a chemical reaction. We can generally tell which ions are spectators by writing out the full chemical ionic equation (where everything is an ion) and checking for which ions or on both sides of the equation — these will be your spectators.
A spectator ion is one that doesn't participate in a chemical reaction. We can generally tell which ions are spectators by writing out the full chemical ionic equation (where everything is an ion) and checking for which ions or on both sides of the equation — these will be your spectators.
Re: spectator ion
we can tell when there is going to be a spectator ion in a chemical equation because they are in the equation but does not participate in the reaction. They are unchanged and just by looking at the equation you can see what is on both sides.
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Re: spectator ion
A spectator ion is one that is present in solution, but doesn't participate in the reaction being examined. They typically appear when you are observing an experiment where a salt or ionic compound are being dissolved into solution.
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