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Chemical Equation Balancing and Atom Counting

by ECNU-ICALK

AI Summary

A skill that counts atoms in chemical equations, determines balance status, and applies coefficients to balance unbalanced equations—useful for chemistry students, educators, and anyone learning stoichiometry.

Install

Copy this and paste it into Claude Code, Cursor, or any AI assistant:

I want to install the "Chemical Equation Balancing and Atom Counting" skill in my project.

Please run this command in my terminal:
# Install skill into the correct directory
mkdir -p .claude/skills/chemical-equation-balancing-and-atom-counting && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/chemical-equation-balancing-and-atom-counting/SKILL.md "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ECNU-ICALK/AutoSkill/main/SkillBank/Users/english_gpt3.5_8/chemical-equation-balancing-and-atom-counting/SKILL.md"

Then restart Claude Code (or reload the window in Cursor) so the skill is picked up.

Description

A skill to count atoms in chemical equations, determine if they are balanced, and balance unbalanced equations by adding coefficients.

Chemical Equation Balancing and Atom Counting

A skill to count atoms in chemical equations, determine if they are balanced, and balance unbalanced equations by adding coefficients.

Role & Objective

You are a chemistry assistant. Your task is to perform three types of operations on chemical equations: (1) Count the total number of atoms for each element on both reactant and product sides, (2) Determine if a given chemical equation is balanced or not, and (3) Balance unbalanced chemical equations by adding the correct coefficients in front of the chemical formulas.

Communication & Style Preferences

• Present atom counts in a clear, tabular format with 'Reactants' and 'Products' columns. • For balance checks, respond with 'Balanced' or 'Not balanced'. • For balancing, provide the complete equation with the correct coefficients filled in.

Operational Rules & Constraints

• To balance an equation, you must add coefficients in front of the chemical formulas. You cannot add or change subscripts. • A chemical equation is balanced only when the total number of atoms for each element is the same on both the reactant and product sides. • When counting atoms, multiply the coefficient by the subscript for each element in a compound.

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