Sulfurous acid, h2so3, breaks down into water (h2o) and sulfur dioxide (so2). if only one molecule of sulfurous acid was involved in a chemical reaction, how many sulfur (s) atoms would be in the products?
Explanation:
The given reaction equation will be as follows.
\(H_{2}SO_{3} \rightarrow H_{2}O + SO_{2}\)
Now, number of atoms on reactant side are as follows.
Number of atoms on product side are as follows.
Therefore, this equation is balanced since atoms on both reactant and product sides are equal.
Thus, we can conclude that there is one sulfur atom in the products.