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Chemical Reactions
Term | Definition |
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Chemical Reation | Is a process in which one or more substances change to make one or more new substances. |
Precipitate | Is a solid substance that is formed in a solution |
Chemical Formula | Is a shorthand way to use chemical symbols ans numbers to represent a substance. |
Reactant | The starting materials in a chemical reation |
Product | The substance formed from a reactant. |
Law of Conservation of Mass | The law that states that mass cannot be created or destroyed in ordinary chemical and physical change. |
Synthesis Reaction | Is a reaction in which two or more substances combined to form one new compound. |
Decomposition Reaction | Is a reaction in which a single compound breaks down to form two or more simpler substances. |
Single-Displacement Reaction | A reaction in which one element or radical takes the lace of another element or radical in a compound. |
Double-displacement Reaction | A reaction in which gas; a solid, or precipitate, or a molecular compound forms from the exchange of ions between two compounds. |
Exothermic Reaction | A chemical reaction in which heat is released to the surroundings. |
Endothermic Reaction | A chemical reaction that requires heat. |
Law of Conservation of Energy | The law that states that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be changed from one form to another, |
Activation Energy | The minimum amount of energy required to start a chemical reaction. |
Inhiditor | A substance that slows down or stops a chemical reaction. |
Catalyst | A substance that changes the rate of a chemical reaction without being used up or changed very much |