Reactions and Stoichiometry Flashcards
Chemical equation
A way of representing a chemical reaction
Chemical reaction
Process by which one or more substances is converted into another substance
Combustion reaction
An organic compound reacts with oxygen to produce CO2, H2O vapor, and a new compound
Combustion analysis
A reaction interpretation method in which a controlled reaction occurs allowing the CO2 from the reaction to be absorbed by a material while the water vapor is absorbed by another material, leaving only the combustion residue
Reactants
Substances that undergo change in a chemical reaction
Products
Materials produced as a result of chemical reaction
Balance
The state of a chemical equation in which all the atoms of all the products are equal on their side
Synthesis (Combonation) Reaction
Two reactants come together to compose a single product
A+B→AB
Decomposition Reaction
A single reactant breaks apart into two products
AB→A+B
Single replacement reaction
The compound reactant decomposes and allows the atomic reactant to become the new compound, the pairing switches places
AB+C→A+CB
Double replacement reaction
Cations switch anions
AB+CD→AD+CB
Reduction
A reactant either looses an oxygen, or gains a hydrogen in a red-ox reaction
Reactant stops being an anion or starts being an cation
Lowering its overall charge
Oxidation
A reactant that either gains an oxygen or looses a hydrogen in a red-ox reaction
Reactant stops being a cation or starts being an anion
Raising its overall charge
Reducing agent
In a Red-ox reaction, the reactant that donates its hydrogen, or accepts an oxygen
Oxidizing Agent
In a Red-ox reaction, the reactant that donates its oxygen, or accepts a hydrogen
Red-ox reaction
Reaction in which a compound either looses or gains a hydrogen or oxygen, resulting in a change in reactant charge
Stoichiometry
The study of the amounts in, mass or moles, of products or reactants
Moles present
(Mass2/Mass1)
x(MolarMass1/MolarMass2)
xMoles1
Mass
(MolarMass2/MolarMass1)
x(Moles2/Moles1)
xMass1
Molar mass
(Mass2/Mass1)
x(Moles1/Moles2)
xMolarMass1
Limiting Reactant
The reactant that runs out first in a reaction
Access Reactant
Remaining reactant after the reaction has finished
Basic stochiometry equation
(MolarMass1/MolarMass2)x(Moles1/Moles2)=(Mass1/Mass2)
One entire mass equation over another
Can use algebra to solve for all else
Theoretical yeild
Mass that should be produced by the equation
Actual yeild
Mass of a given product produced during the reaction
Always given
Percent yield
(ActualYield)/(TheoreticalYield)x100%