Get Expert Help with Chem Homework: Writing Germanium Dioxide (GeO2) Equation

[Dragonfly6191]

Can someone tell me how to write this equation?
Germanium dioxide (GeO2) is heated with carbon to obtain germanium and carbon monoxide.

 

[whozum]

GeO2 + C + Heat => Ge + CO

You can balance it yourself, its pretty easy. You wouldn't normally write + heat but I can't draw the enthalpy arrow on here.

 

[dextercioby]

Write it

$$GeO_{2}+C+\mathcal{Q}\rightarrow Ge+CO\uparrow$$

and do the redox.

Daniel.

 

[Ouabache]

Write it

$$GeO_{2}+C+\mathcal{Q}\rightarrow Ge+CO\uparrow$$

and do the redox.

Daniel.

Nice LaTex Dan!, nice touch on CO going off as a gas. I might have used $$Q$$ instead of $$\mathcal{Q}$$. But that's just me. So that is a better symbol for adding heat rather than $$\Delta H$$ ? By the way Dfly, redox is an "advanced" way of reminding you to balance your equation.

 

[dextercioby]

Everyone knows that $H$ stands for enthalpy (where it is possible not to confuse it with the hamiltonian),while $Q/\mathcal{Q}$ stands for heat.

Daniel.