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Chemical Reactions
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chemical reaction: | Process of rearranging atoms by breaking and forming chemical bonds to form new compounds (starting substance(s) that changes to form different ending substance(s)) |
| Chemical equation: | Represents a chemical reaction using chemical formulas of the substances involved in the chemical reaction. Has reactants that form products, separated by a yield sign. |
| Reactants: | Starting material in a chemical reaction (left side of equation) |
| Products: | Ending material in a chemical reaction (right side of an equation) |
| Yield sign: | Arrow in the equation that separates the reactants from the products |
| Coefficient: | Large number found before the chemical formula in an equation representing the number of particles of that compound |
| Subscript: | Small number found after an element WITHIN a chemical formula representing the number of atoms of the element found in one molecule (particle) of the substance |
| Aqueous: | State of matter where a compound is dissolved in water |