CHE 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Chemical Equation, Employee Benefits, Sodium Bromide
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Che 1300 si - chapter 6: chemical reactions. The term chemical reaction is a synonym for chemical change, which we learned in. They involve a rearrangement of the grouping of atoms. Color change, a solid precipitate forms, bubbles form, heat is produced or absorbed, light is emitted, a new odor is observed. This means that the number of atoms of one element in the reactant side of the equation must equal the number of atoms of the same element on the product side of the equation. But sometimes, an equation will be given like this: ch4(g) + o2(g) co2(g) + h2o(g) 2 hydrogen: here we can clearly see that the law of conservation mass is not upheld. Balancing chemical equations is the practice of altering the coefficients, the number in front of the element or compound, to give the same number of each element on both sides of the equation.