Chemical and Word Equations

Today in Chemistry we learned how to form a chemical equation, going from word form -----> chemical form


For Example: 
      
        A solution of barium phosphate is mixed with aqueous sodium sulphate to yield solid barium sulphate and aqueous sodium phosphate.

*Notice the bolded words such as aqueous and solid. Those are the phases that those certain chemicals are in.

       Ba3(PO4)2 (aq) + Na2 SO4(aq) --->  Ba SO4 (s) + Na3 PO4 (aq)
*This is what the word equation should look like turning into a chemical equation 


       Ba3(PO4)2 (aq) +3Na2 SO4(aq) --->3Ba SO4 (s) +2Na3 PO4 (aq)
*This is what you would call a balanced chemical equation. It's so that on both sides of the equation (the arrow), there are a balanced number chemicals on each side. Now on both sides there are:

3 Bariums
3 Sulphates
2 Phosphates
6 Sodidums

*IF YOU STILL DON'T HOW I GOT THAT ANSWER PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING LINKS! THANK YOU FOR READING!  :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KH3laR2iR4
http://www.standnes.no/chemix/examples/chemical-word-equations.htm

Sofia