Balancing Chemical Equations in THREE easy steps: the Box Method

[@bubbahotep6316]

OMG I love this. My teacher showed it to us and I tried it on every equation she gave us and I got every one right and I think I was probably the first one finished (hard to tell with online class!!). This makes it SO EASY!!!!!!! I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nyomimenchaca1946]

This is SOOO MUCH EASIER!!! You're a total life saver

[@aqqi2699]

great work sir,you cleared my age long confusion in mere minutes

[@shoreline9201]

Great explanation! very visual and straight forward! Thanks!

[@AyanP07]

Great ! Amazing Sir! Love from India👍🇮🇳

[@CrashChemistryAcademy]

हेलो इंडिया! 💖 थैंक यू वैरी मच!

[@RAHUL_CARS]

Thank you sir! I'm also from India 🧡🤍💚

[@madjedbebeaesara5296]

Brilliant! This is such a beautiful straightforward and visual method. My students will love this, thank you very much for posting!

[@CrashChemistryAcademy]

Thanks for your comment. I especially enjoy hearing from teachers!

[@philoadriensson9850]

I could not balance this equation until I found your video!!!! FeS2+O2--->Fe2O3 + SO2 made me crazy until your method. Lots of boxes, it worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU 😊

[@JarretBerenson]

GREAT!!!! So straightforward!

[@zoeyguitarz8593]

You're amazing, the way you talk is so clear and simple

[@CrashChemistryAcademy]

Thank you!

[@eunicemeus1720]

MIND BLOWING haha 2nd time taking this class and man this just help me understand

[@yadhunandhan7588]

OMFG!!! this was the most helpful video in chemistry for me!! it made me understand the most difficult thing in chemistry 4 me! thx for uploading!!

[@CrashChemistryAcademy]

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[@rolandoagrazal]

Just beautiful. Thank you so much Mr.

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You are a saviour

[@TheKartana]

Top 10 ways to balance a chemical equation! Number 4 will surprise you!

[@Wolf-yr1qy]

What’s the best way?

[@Backyard_BBQ_]

The best for sure.

[@SkyAssassin9]

life saver, thank you so much

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[@lumpyppp]

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[@muttudadmi7801]

Trott

[@noora5480]

It really helped me a lot 😄...thank you☺

[@CrashChemistryAcademy]

Great!

[@sk8terbluetoo]

extremely helpful!!!

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Best teacher

[@jannaalamban3240]

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[@mobinakamran8874]

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[@kyliesmommy84]

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[@CrashChemistryAcademy]

You're Welcome!

[@zoeyguitarz8593]

You literally made me smile and wipe my tears after two days of crying over this thing lmao, thanks!!!

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Very good

[@DetectiveLevi]

Damn this was truly helpful

[@CrashChemistryAcademy]

Thanks!

[@sumitrana2420]

There are instances when the polyatomic ion would be left alright but there is a new element and it is hard to guess whether it has been made by polyatomic ion A or polyatomic ion B on the reactant side On that case things would start to get messy and confusing to which to label as what

[@CrashChemistryAcademy]

If you are not sure then you should split up the ion and count its atoms individually.

[@sumitrana2420]

@@CrashChemistryAcademy yes but now there is always a nagging question that when we should do it and by doing that we are actually INCREASING our run time by a minor amount and that is for complicated setups certainly but that is where this is WANTED. This system only saves you a minor amount of process time but that amount is very VERY appreciated but if we are confused whether to use the ionic system as one thing or not and then actually processing it and also thinking whether we should use the system in the first place in the place it starts consuming exorbitant amount of time. In such case not having a system is better than having one. But appreciate the effort anyway and I do hope you will come up with a revised and more useful edition of the trick for stuff soon.

[@CrashChemistryAcademy]

I think you are right that I could have been more clear about what I meant, using an example, of when the polyatomic ion breaks apart. I decided against it, but maybe that was the wrong decision. I'll give you an example, but regardless of the method, or system, you use, it always is just a way to count atoms. All balancing is counting atoms. An example of a polyatomic ion breaking up is: Cu + HNO3 --> CuNO3 + NO2 + H2O. Here the nitrate ion, NO3, both stays together (CuNO3) and breaks apart (NO2 + H2O). So you cannot count the NO3 as a single unit, you have to count the N and O separately. It does not matter that one of the products has nitrate in it, because there has to be nitrates in the reactant side that lose oxygen to the hydrogen, and so you have to count the N and O separately. I hope that helps. Whether my method or some other method is better for balancing this is really your choice.

[@lt.ifeplumz1315]

Cooool method.

[@CrashChemistryAcademy]

Thanks!

[@ayalneshgetahun355]

It is better than 45 minutes class.

[@muttudadmi7801]

H must be N balance

[@returnofthemomos]

First

[@CrashChemistryAcademy]

Thanks Owen. I've been waiting.