The following chemical reaction takes place in aqueous solution: 2FeBr3 (aq) + 3Na2S (aq) → Fe2S3 (s) + 6NaBr (aq) Write the net ionic equation for this reaction.
A net ionic equation simply means to cancel out any ions which appear on both sides of the chemical equation that are not involved in the reaction - they're called spectator ions. We'll first write out the full ionic equation, showing all ions and compounds formed, then rewrite and not include spectator ions.