"A chemical equation is the symbolic representation of a chemical reaction in the form of symbols and chemical formulas."
A written representation of a chemical reaction using formulae and symbols.
Stoichiometry: The calculation of the quantities of reactants and products involved in a chemical reaction.
Balancing Chemical Equations: Ensuring the law of conservation of mass is upheld by ensuring that the amount of each element is equal on both sides of the equation.
Types of Reactions: Understanding the different categories of chemical reactions, such as synthesis, decomposition, acid-base, and redox reactions.
Reaction Rates: How quickly or slowly a chemical reaction proceeds and the factors that affect it.
Thermodynamics: The study of energy changes that take place during a chemical reaction.
Equilibrium: Understanding the dynamic equilibrium state and how it is affected by changes in concentration, temperature, and pressure.
Reaction Mechanisms: Detailed step-by-step processes of how a chemical reaction takes place.
Catalysts: How catalysts increase the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the reaction.
Electrochemistry: Understanding the role of electrons in chemical reactions and the use of electrochemical cells.
Organic Chemistry: How organic compounds react and undergo chemical reactions, including oxidation and reduction reactions.
Combination reaction: When two or more reactants combine to form a single product.
Decomposition reaction: When a single reactant breaks down into two or more products.
Displacement reaction: When a more reactive element displaces a less reactive element from its compound.
Double displacement reaction: When two compounds swap their elements to form two new compounds.
Combustion reaction: When a substance reacts with oxygen to produce heat, light, and often a flame.
Redox reaction: A reaction in which electrons are exchanged between reactants, which results in changes in oxidation states.
Acid-base reaction: When an acid reacts with a base to form a salt and water.
Precipitation reaction: When two aqueous solutions react to form a solid.
Photochemical reaction: A reaction that occurs due to the absorption of light energy.
Nuclear reaction: A reaction that involves changes in the atomic nucleus.
"The reactant entities are given on the left-hand side."
"The product entities are on the right-hand side."
"A plus sign between the entities in both the reactants and the products."
"The arrow points towards the products to show the direction of the reaction."
"The chemical formulas may be symbolic, structural (pictorial diagrams), or intermixed."
"The coefficients next to the symbols and formulas of entities are the absolute values of the stoichiometric numbers."
"The first chemical equation was diagrammed by Jean Beguin in 1615."
"The first chemical equation was diagrammed by Jean Beguin in 1615."
"A chemical equation is the symbolic representation of a chemical reaction."
"The reactant entities are given on the left-hand side, and the product entities are on the right-hand side."
"The plus sign between the entities in both the reactants and the products."
"The chemical formulas may be symbolic, structural (pictorial diagrams), or intermixed."
"The chemical formulas may be symbolic, structural (pictorial diagrams), or intermixed."
"The coefficients next to the symbols and formulas of entities are the absolute values of the stoichiometric numbers."
"The arrow points towards the products to show the direction of the reaction."
"The chemical formulas may be symbolic..."
"The chemical formulas may be... structural (pictorial diagrams)..."
"The coefficients next to the symbols and formulas of entities are the absolute values of the stoichiometric numbers."
"The first chemical equation was diagrammed by Jean Beguin in 1615."