Question

AgO --> Ag2O; balance this equation/charges

Answer 1

Is that 2 supposed to be subscript?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

sorry, i just typed it like that

Answer 4

ill give u the whole question
"Balance the following equation for a half reaction that occurs in basic solution. Use e– as the symbol for an electron."

Answer 5

i put 2AgO+2H+ --> Ag2O+H2O+2OH-
and sinc ethis is online, i know when it's wrong... and i got it wrong lol like 3 times

Answer 6

I don't really get it...Silver is a +1 ion and oxygen is a -2 ion so I don't see how you could have AgO??? It has to be Ag(2 subscript)O to make sense. I've only taken chem 1 so far--maybe I'm behind you lol.

Answer 7

ohh ok nevermind
am in chem 1 as well lol

Answer 8

aha.. i didnt realize it wasn't neutral

Answer 9

Ok, once you have the correct chemical formulas, then you can balance it. It would have to be a decomposition reaction and your products would be 4Ag and O2. Which makes your reactants 2Ag2O

Answer 10

And that's a perfectly legitimate and balanced equation for the decomposition of silver oxide. But you were talking about a half reaction or something?

Answer 11

yeah lol
but my frnd helped me out
thank you!
the answer was 2AgO+H2O+2e- -->Ag2O+2OH-