Balance: Al + Fe2O3 - Fe +Al2O3 What is oxidized? What is reduced? What is unchanged?

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Balance:     Al +  Fe2O3 -> Fe +Al2O3    What is oxidized?  What is reduced? What is unchanged?

jhonyy9 · Answer

2Al +  Fe2O3 -> 2Fe +Al2O3

ballanced

ramen · Answer

Yep thanks I kinda know how to balance it's more of the oxidized and reduced part.

jhonyy9 · Answer

@ramen what mean oxidization ? you dont know what mean balancing an equation of reaction ?

ramen · Answer

I know how to balance an equation, I just need to put down what is oxidized and reduced because I don't completely know what that means.

jhonyy9 · Answer

Al +  Fe2O3 -> Fe +Al2O3

balancing mean - look please - than you have in the left part Fe

ohhh ok

so ok - look please on this left part first - what you see alone and what oxidized ?

ramen · Answer

Ohh so oxidized has more than 1 element in it? On the left side AI is aloneand Fe2O3 is oxidized?

jhonyy9 · Answer

yes sure - of cors so do you understand it now ?

ramen · Answer

Yea a bit better

ramen · Answer

Thank you

jhonyy9 · Answer

yw

my pleasure