Therefore, there is no balanced chemical equation for naphthalene dissolving in ethanol. Instead, we can represent it with the following notation:
Naphthalene (s) + Ethanol (l) → Naphthalene (sol) in Ethanol
Where:
* (s) denotes solid state
* (l) denotes liquid state
* (sol) denotes dissolved state
This notation simply indicates that solid naphthalene is dissolved in liquid ethanol to form a solution of naphthalene in ethanol.