Chapter 6 - Chemocal Reactions Flashcards
Thelettersa,b,c,anddwhereAandBarereactants,andCand Dareproducts.Theseindicatetherelativeamountsofreactantsand
products
stoichiometriccoefficient
What you start with in a chemical reaction
Reactants
What you end with in a chemical reaction
Products
An equation where the number of atoms of each element on the reactant side is equal to the number of atoms on the product side
Balanced chemical equation
Areactionwheretwoormorechemicalspeciescombinetoproducea singlenewcompound
Combination reaction
Areactionwhereasinglechemicalspeciesbreaksdownto producetwoormorenewchemicalspecies.
Decomposition reaction
Occurswhenonechemicalspecies(oftenasingleelement) replacesaportionofanothercompoundtoproducetwonewproducts.
singlereplacementreaction
Occurswhenthecationsfromtheoriginaltwoionic
compoundstradeanionstomaketwonewioniccompounds.
doublereplacementreaction
Thesolidcompoundformedfromthereactionoftwoaqueoussolutionsina doublereplacementreaction
precipitate
Occurswhenahydrocarbonreactsinthepresenceofoxygentoproducewater andcarbondioxide.
combustion