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Cool, i must say that i am really glad i joined this site...very good help form what appear to be very intellectual people. My mock exams are this week in Foundation Module 1, Chains and Rings and how far how fast...I did not realise the thing about the ON's. Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated.

Oh wow, that has made it a lot easier...so...simply split the equation into it's seperate ions and eliminate. Can this be applied to the majority of equations?

If i try and use an example maybe it will become clearer. Okay, so...say in an exam i was given the full equation: 2Na + 2HCl --> 2NaCl + H2 and had to convert it into a balanced ionic equation...where would i start? My friend once mentioned that if you eleminate the elements that are the same on both sides the equation that is left will be the ionic equation...is she right? thank you for replying.

I am a first year AS chem student and missed the lesson on how to write ionic equations on a general basis...you know...the questions where they ask you to write the full equation and thenthe ionic? Well, i can not do it for the life in me! I was wondering if there is a technique you can apply to all equations to reach the ionic equation or something along those terms. PLEASE HELP....ANYBODY!!