Chemical equations types

Equations for Chemical Reactions Balancing a Chemical Equation Types of Reactions Functional Groups and Reactions of Organic Compounds ... 

A chemical equation that shows the enthalpy relation between products and reactants is called a thermochemical equation. This type of equation contains, at the right of the balanced chemical equation, the appropriate value and sign for AH. 

The reactions that we discuss in this chapter will be represented by nuclear equations. An equation of this type uses nuclear symbols such as those written above in other respects it resembles an ordinary chemical equation. A nuclear equation must be balanced with respect to nuclear charge (atomic number) and nuclear mass (mass number). To see what that means, consider an equation that we will have a lot more to say about later in this chapter ... 

Because atoms are neither created nor destroyed, chemists regard each elemental symbol as representing one atom of the element (with the subscripts giving the number of each type of atom in a formula) and then multiply formulas by factors to show the same numbers of atoms of each element on both sides of the arrow. The resulting expression is said to be balanced and is called a chemical equation. For example, there are two H atoms on the left of the preceding skeletal equation but three H atoms on the right. So, we rewrite the expression as... 

STRATEGY First, we write the chemical equation for the equilibrium and the expression for the solubility product. To evaluate Ksp, we need to know the molarity of each type of ion formed by the salt. We determine the molarities from the molar solubility, the chemical equation for the equilibrium, and the stoichiometric relations between the species. We assume complete dissociation. 

To construct an overall rate law from a mechanism, write the rate law for each of the elementary reactions that have been proposed then combine them into an overall rate law. First, it is important to realize that the chemical equation for an elementary reaction is different from the balanced chemical equation for the overall reaction. The overall chemical equation gives the overall stoichiometry of the reaction, but tells us nothing about how the reaction occurs and so we must find the rate law experimentally. In contrast, an elementary step shows explicitly which particles and how many of each we propose come together in that step of the reaction. Because the elementary reaction shows how the reaction occurs, the rate of that step depends on the concentrations of those particles. Therefore, we can write the rate law for an elementary reaction (but not for the overall reaction) from its chemical equation, with each exponent in the rate law being the same as the number of particles of a given type participating in the reaction, as summarized in Table 13.3. 

Table 4.1 Some examples of types of chemical equations met in learning chemistry 2Mg + O2 — 2MgO...

Third, students understanding of the triplet relationship for a particular type of reaction may be further consolidated by carrying out additional similar reactions using different reactants (e.g., using several metal oxides to react with different dilute acids will help illustrate the similarities in the chemical reactions although different salts are produced). Once students become aware of the similarities in the chemical reactions, they would be more likely to meaningfully deduce the ionic equations for the chemical reactions instead of the common practice of cancelhng out the spectator ions from the overall balanced chemical equation. 

Some tasks in the Test of Gained Knowledge required students to connect observations about the macro course of chemical reactions with their notations in the submicro and/or symbolic types of representation. The results indicate that most students were able to rearticulate the information about reactants and products of a chemical reaction from the textual description of chemical reaction into the form of word chemical equation (textual description of macros word equation of macro Task 8.2, f(o/ )=89.82% Task 9.1, f(o/ )=87.61%). This action corresponds to the first step in learning to write down chemical equation in the LON approach. It can easily be explained, because teachers described the learning process to be very efficient to this point, as is illustrated below ... 

Students ability to connect observations at the macroscopic level with their descriptions using the submicro and symbolic types of representation improved as a consequence of the LON teaching approach. Teachers attributed the improvement to the consistent use of all three types of representation and to the use of visible models as a tool for bridging the gap between macroscopic observations and symbolic notations of chemical equations. 

The Law of Conservation of Mass states that the total mass remains unchanged. This means that the total mass of the atoms of each element represented in the reactants must appear as products. In order to indicate this, we must balance the reaction. When balancing chemical equations, it is important to realize that you cannot change the formulas of the reactants and products the only things you may change are the coefficients in front of the reactants and products. The coefficients indicate how many of each chemical species react or form. A balanced equation has the same number of each type of atom present on both sides of the equation and the coefficients are present in the lowest whole number ratio. For example, iron metal reacts with oxygen gas to form rust, iron(III) oxide. We may represent this reaction by the following balanced equation ... 

Most nuclear reactions involve the breaking apart of the nucleus into two or more different elements or subatomic particles. If we know all but one of the particles, then the unknown particle can be determined by balancing the nuclear equation. When chemical equations are balanced, we add coefficients to ensure that there are the same number of each type of atom on both the left and right of the reaction arrow. However, in order to balance nuclear equations we ensure that there is the same sum of both mass numbers and atomic numbers on the left and right of the reaction arrow. Recall that we can represent a specific isotope of an element by the following symbolization ... 

Reactions occur because of collisions. One chemical species collides with another at the right place, transfers enough energy, and a chemical reaction occurs. Such reactions can be very fast or very slow. In the chapter on Kinetics, you can study how reactions occur and the factors that affect the speed of reactions. But in this chapter we will review the balancing of chemical equations, discuss the general types of chemical reactions, and describe why these reactions occur. 

The authors hope that, because you are preparing to take the AP exam, you have already been exposed to the balancing of chemical equations. We will quickly review this topic and point out some specific aspects of balancing equations as the different types of chemical reactions are discussed. 

A balanced chemical equation provides many types of information. It shows which chemical species are the reactants and which species are the products. It may also indicate in which state of matter the reactants and products exist. Special conditions of temperature, catalysts, etc., may be placed over or under the reaction arrow. And, very importantly, the coefficients (the integers in front of the chemical species) indicate the number of each reactant that is used and the number of each product that is formed. These coefficients may stand for individual atoms/molecules or they may represent large numbers of them called moles (see the Stoichiometry chapter for a discussion of moles). The basic idea behind the balancing of equations is the Law of Conservation of Matter, which says that in ordinary chemical reactions matter is neither created nor destroyed. The number of each type of reactant atom has to equal the number of each type of product atom. This requires adjusting the reactant and product coefficients—balancing the equation. When finished, the coefficients should be in the lowest possible whole-number ratio. 

Chemical equations are balanced by adding coefficients in front of the chemical species until the number of each type of atom is the same on both the right and left sides of the arrow. 

When you see two arrows that point in opposite directions in a chemical equation, the reaction can proceed in both directions. This type of reaction is called an equilibrium reaction. You will learn more about equilibrium reactions in Unit 4. 

It is fairly common to write reachons in this fashion omitting H2O from the chemical equation and the rate so these reachons become of the type... 

Net Ionic Equation a chemical equation that shows only the ionic species that actually take part in the reaction Neutralization process that occurs when an acid reacts with a base, a type of reaction involving an acid and base Newton SI unit for force equal to 1 kg-m/s Nonelectrolyte a substance that does not conduct current when it is dissolved in water Nonionizing Radiation electromagnetic radiation with insufficient energy to dislodge electrons and cause ionization in human tissue, for example, radio waves, microwave, visible light Nonmetal elements found on the right side of the periodic table that conduct heat and electricity poorly... 

One general type of chemical reaction is that occurring when a hydroxide reacts with an acid. This reaction, like all chemical reactions, can be represented by a chemical equation in which the reactants are separated by + signs to indicate that they are mixed together, the products are separated by + signs to indicate that they are produced as a mixture, and the products are separated from the reactants by an arrow to show that the reactants are producing the products. In order to write a chemical equation for the general reaction between an acid and a hydroxide we. need to know first that in every case the acid donates an H+ each ofthe hydroxide to form water (H Q) and second... 

Word equations are a useful way of representing chemical reactions but a better and more useful method is to produce a balanced chemical equation. This type of equation gives the formulae of the reactants and the products as well as showing the relative numbers of each particle involved. 

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