What is meant by skeletal chemical equation? Differentiate between a skeletal chemical equation and a balanced chemical equation.

Question

What is meant by skeletal chemical equation? Using suitable chemical reaction, differentiate between a skeletal chemical equation and a balanced chemical equation.

Answer 1

i. Skeletal chemical equation is a representation of a chemical reaction using chemical formulae of reactants
and products and it is unbalanced.
eg. Mg + HCl ---> MgCl2 + H2
ii. In balanced chemical equation, the number of atoms of each element on both the sides of the equation are equal.