What is the balanced chemical equation for the decomposition of barium chlorate?

Question

I tried looking in my chemistry book for help but I couldn't find anything. Ten points best answer! Thanks in advance :)

Answer 1

Ba(CIO4)2 --> Ba + 2ClO4



Barium Chlorate breaks down so the barium is seperate from the chlorate.



Chlorate is a polyatomic ion and the ion is negative 1.

Barium's ion is +2



So Ba +2 swaps with ClO4 -1 and you get Ba(CIO4)2



Make sure to use the brackets for polyatomic ions, unless the charge is only 1.

Answer 2

Barium Chlorate

Answer 3

Are we talking about the thermal decomposition of barium chlorate:



Ba(ClO3)2 ==> BaCl2 + 3 O2 or



are we talking about the dissociation of the salt into ions in aqueous solution:



Ba(ClO3)2 ==> Ba+2 + 2 ClO3-1?



Big difference between the two.