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Chemical Reactions: Vocabulary Flashcards

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Chemical reaction

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Is a process in which atoms of one or more substances rearrange to form one or more new substances

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Chemical equation

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Is a description of a reaction using element symbols and chemical formulas

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Reactant

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The starting substance of a chemical reaction

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Product

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The substances produced by the chemical reaction

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Law of conservation of mass

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States that the total mass of the reactants before a chemical reaction is the same as total mass of the products after the chemical reaction

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Coefficient

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Is a number placed in front of an element symbol or chemical formula in an equation

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