ReactionBalancedQ

returns True if the given chemical reaction is balanced, and False otherwise.

Details

rxn should be a ChemicalReaction object.
A reaction is balanced if the element counts and net charge for the reactants and products are equal.

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Test an unbalanced reaction:

Test a balanced reaction:

A reaction is balanced only if charges and mass are balanced:

Balancing the reaction will account for the charges

A reaction that can be balanced by different sets of coefficients:

ReactionBalance finds the one with the lowest sum of coefficients:

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