Chemical rxns in a typical automoblie lead-acid battery.

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A typical automoblie engine uses a lead-acid battery. During discharge, the following chemical reaction takes place.
Pb (s) +PbO2 (s) +2H2SO4 (aq) +2H2O2 (l)
(1) Pb (s) +PbO[sub]2[sub] [sub](s)[sub] +2SO[sub]3 (g) ---> 2PbSO[sub]4 (s) H= -775KJ
(2) SO[sub]3 (g) + H[sub]2[sub]O[sub]2[sub] [sub](l)[sub] ---> H[sub]2[sub]SO[sub]4[sub] [sub](aq)[sub] H= -133KJ
 
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2. Please edit the post so that every closing "sub" tag looks like [/sub].

Example: O2 --->O [s u b]2[/ s u b] without spaces
 
jalen said:
A typical automoblie engine uses a lead-acid battery. During discharge, the following chemical reaction takes place.
Pb (s) +PbO2 (s) +2H2SO4 (aq) +2H2O2 (l)
(1) Pb (s) +PbO2 (s) +2SO3 (g) ---> 2PbSO4 (s) H= -775KJ
(2) SO3 (g) + H2O2 (l) ---> H2SO4 (aq) H= -133KJ

Here it is Gokul... Is there a question lurking in there?