Chemical Reactions and Stoichiometry Flashcards
What are chemical reactions
The process by which reactants are chemically converted into products.
What is involved in a chemical reaction?
Breaking of bonds and the formation of new bonds.
What is synthesis?
Producing a larger molecule out of multiple smaller molecules.
What is decomposition?
Breaking of a large molecule into multiple smaller molecules.
What is single replacement?
When an element is substituted into a molecule for another.
What is double replacement?
When the reactants break up and swap places twice.
What is precipitation?
A double replacement reaction that results in the production of an insoluble solid.
What is combustion?
The reaction of a substance with oxygen in the presence of heat to form oxides.
What is oxidation-reduction?
A reaction that involves the transfer of electrons from one reactant to the other to form products.
What is hydrolysis?
A reaction of a substance with water.
What is neutralisation?
The reaction of an acid with a base to form a salt.
What is condensation?
A reaction that involves the production of a new substance and water.
What is a word equation?
A chemical equation where the reactants and products are written as words.
What is a symbol equation?
A chemical equation where the reactants and products are written as their ionic or molecular formulae.
What is an ionic equation?
A chemical equation where the cations and anions that are in the same state in the reactants as they are in the products are omitted.