Chapter 18, Problem 11E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The balanced chemical equation for the reaction of lithium metal with ${\text{O}}_2{\text{, S}}_8{\text{, Cl}}_{\text{2}}{\text{, P}}_{\text{4}}{\text{, H}}_{\text{2}}{\text{, H}}_{\text{2}}\text{O}$ and $\text{HCl}$ needs to be determined.

Concept introduction: Chemical equation is written in such a way that the symbolic representation of reaction represents the reaction taking place in the system. The reactants are written on the left-hand side and the products are written on the right-hand side of the equation and are separated by an arrow, two or more reactants and products are separated by “+”. The reactions for those the number of atoms of each element in the reactant and in the product, side are equal, such reactions are said to be a balanced chemical equation.