Chemical stoichiometry using MATLAB

In beginning chemistry courses, students are taught a variety of techniques for balancing chemical equations. The determination of the stoichiometric coefficients in a chemical equation is mathematically equivalent to solving a system of linear algebraic equations, a problem for which MATLAB is ideally suited. Using MATLAB, it is possible to balance equations describing all kinds of chemical transformations, including acid-base reactions, redox reactions, electrochemical half-reactions, combustion reactions, and synthetic reactions. MATLAB is especially convenient for balancing chemical equations that are difficult to treat by traditional methods