1_Notes_ChemicalReactions

ChemicalReactions
LawofConservationofMass
producenewsubstances

Forachemicalreactiontooccur:
1)particlesmustcollide
2)bondsmustbebroken
AllreactionsfolloworobeytheLawof
3)newbondsmustform
ConservationofMass.Thislawstatesthat 4)minimalamountofenergytogetthereaction
started
"thesumofthemassofreactantsmust
equalthesumofthemassofproducts" Difficultto"naturally"reverseintotheoriginal
state.

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ChemicalReactions
Chapter2Section2.4p.5355

Chapter11Section11.1andSection11.2p.320341

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE4668aarck

Whathastohappeninorderforachemical
reactiontooccur?

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INTRODUCTION
Listsomepropertiestoidentifyachemicalreaction Chemicalreactionsareusedtodescribehowvarious
compoundsandelementsinteractwitheachother.

Sometimescompoundsandelementswillinteractto
formnewsubstances.

Anychangethatresultsinanewsubstancebeing
formediscalledachemicalchangeorachemical
reaction.

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DescribingChemicalChanges

Burningmagnesiuminoxygen(fromair)willmake
Reactants Products
magnesiumoxide.
Thesubstances Thesubstances
westartwith thataremade Insteadofsentenceformweuseformulas&symbols
oruse. orproduced. todescribethereaction.

ConsiderthereactionofsugarandH2SO4(aq) magnesium+oxygen>magnesiumoxide

Mg(s)+O2(g)>MgO(s)

Productsfortheaboveexample:

Thisiscalledaskeletonequationittellsusthe
reactantsandtheproductsbutnothingelse.

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Practice

Mercury(II)oxide(HgO)decomposestomake
mercuryandoxygen.

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