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What is a balanced chemical equation? Why should chemical equations be balanced?

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What is a balanced chemical equation? Why should chemical equations be balanced?
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A reaction which has an equal number of atoms of all the elements on both sides of the chemical equation is called a balanced chemical equation  .  Chemical reaction should be balanced to follow law of conservation of mass.  

 

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