Types of Chemical Reactions
Sample Before Reaction
A. Copper (II) Sulphate Pen-
tahydrate(s) + Heat —> Cop-
per (II) Sulphate(s) + Water(l)
or
CuSO4•5 H2O(s) + 𝚫 —> CuSO4(s)
+ 5 H2O(l)
B. Sodium Sulphate(aq) + Barium
Chloride(aq) —> Sodium Chlo-
ride(aq) + Barium Sulphate(s)
or
Na2SO4(aq) + BaCl2(aq) —>
2 NaCl(aq) + BaSO4(s)
C. Copper(s) + Heat —> Copper
(II) Oxide(s)
or
Cu(s) + 𝚫 —> CuO(s)
D. Magnesium(s) + Hydrochloric
acid —> Magnesium Chloride(aq)
+ Hydrogen(g)
or
Mg(s) + 2 HCl(aq) —> MgCl2(aq) +
H2(g)
After Reaction
- A brittle, blue powder
- Crystalline structure
- A salt
- Odourless
- Sodium Sulphate(aq):
- Transparent solution
- Sodium Sulphate dis-
solved in water
- Odourless
- Barium Chloride(aq):
- Transparent solution
- Barium Chloride dis-
solved in water
- Odourless
- Hard, flexible, metallic, red-or-
ange wire
- 5 cm long
- Magnesium(s) (ribbon):
- Hard, small, flexible, me-
tallic, flat wire
- Hydrochloric Acid:
- Transparent solution
- Hydrogen Chloride dis-
solved in water
- Water was released from the
compound (i.e. Pentahydrate
molecule, 5 H2O)
- Top layer of of compound be-
came white
- Flame became red around
tube
- When water was added, the
compound returned to its origi-
nal state before the reaction
- Odourless
- White precipitate forms (i.e.
Barium Sulphate, BaSO4)
- Cloudy mixture due to the
white precipitate
- Odourless mixture
- Solution of Sodium Chloride
(table salt) forms
- Flame became red above wire,
and then green afterwards
- Wire appeared to be glowing
red due to combustion (reac-
tion with Oxygen, O2)
- Some of the wire melted
- Remaining wire was black
- Bubbles formed, proving that
the Magnesium ribbon was dis-
solving
- New solution formed (i.e. Mag-
nesium Chloride with unre-
acted Hydrogen ions, MgCl2 +
H2)
- Smoke forms
- Pop sound due to the combus-
tion of hydrogen, H2
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E. Hydrogen Peroxide(aq) (with
Manganese Dioxide(s) as a cata-
lyst) —> Water(l) + Oxygen(g)
or
MnO(s)
2 H2O2(aq) ————> 2 H2O(l) +
O2(g)
F. Iron(s) + Copper (II) Sul-
phate(aq) —>
Iron (II) Sulphate(aq) + Copper(s)
or
Fe(s) + CuSO4(aq) —> FeSO4(aq) +
Cu(s)
- Hydrogen Peroxide(aq):
- Transparent, corrosive,
oxidizing, toxic, and reac-
tive solution
- Manganese Dioxide(s):
- Black, brittle powder
- Crystalline structure
- Steel Wool (Iron(s)):
- Hard, solid, thin, metallic,
flexible, tangled wire of
low-carbon steel
- Copper (II) Sulphate(aq):
- Blue, transparent solution
- Bubbles formed, proving that
Oxygen was separating from
the compound
- The Manganese Dioxide sunk
to the bottom of the test tube
and changed the colour of the
water to a blackish solution
- Fizzing sound
- Glowing splint, reignited due to
Oxygen
- Water and Oxygen gas was
formed
- Steel wool changed colour, be-
came dark maroon
- Steel wool condensed
- Steel wool became much more
adhesive
Types of Chemical Reactions