Balancing Redox Reactions
A reaction in which a reducing agent loses electrons while it is oxidized and the oxidizing agent gains electrons while it is reduced is called a redox (oxidation-reduction) reaction. This calculator helps you balance unbalanced redox reactions, ensuring the conservation of mass and charge. It’s especially useful for students, chemists, and anyone studying electrochemical reactions.
Balancing Redox Reactions
Redox Balancing Formula Explanation
To balance a redox reaction:
- Split the reaction into half-reactions (oxidation and reduction).
- Balance atoms other than O and H.
- Balance O with H₂O and H with H⁺ (or OH⁻ in basic medium).
- Balance charges by adding electrons.
- Equalize electron transfer and combine half-reactions.
Redox reactions are a combination of oxidation (loss of electrons) and reduction (gain of electrons). This calculator allows you to input unbalanced redox reactions and automatically balance them, accounting for both atoms and charges.
How to use:
Enter your unbalanced redox reaction in the following format:
Cr2O7^2- + H^+ + e^- = Cr^3+ + H2O
- Use + for separating species.
- Use ^ to indicate charges, e.g., Fe^2+, MnO4^-, H^+, SO4^2-.
- Use = as the reaction arrow.
- Include e^- for electrons in half-reactions (optional for full reactions).
💡 The calculator supports:
- Ions and charges
- Acidic or basic media detection
- Half-reactions and full redox reactions
- Formatting with subscripts and superscripts in output
Ideal for chemistry students, educators, and professionals working with redox systems.
i hate this, would recommend to my worst enemy
this site sucks actual ass. it keeps saying that its not in the correct format and elements need to be with an ion. i have no idea what that means. i will never ever be using this site or anything on it again. sorry if i hurt peoples feelings but this sucks.
It works perfectly you just need brains to put in the correct format
Ikr all these ppl saying it dont work lmao put in some effort come on its balancing the whole equation for u
OK maybe its not perfect but it works in most cases, if it doesn’t work for ur reaction just use WolframAlpha LOL
This doesn’t work. Whatever the format it wants won’t function when I type it in, and I made sure it was correct
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Having a hard time balancing
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