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*Watch and take notes : [You Tube Video on Determining Types of Chemical Reaction - Revised 2017] |
*Watch and take notes : [You Tube Video on Determining Types of Chemical Reaction - Revised 2017]. If using Edpuzzle, file name is 2018FiveTypesofChemicalReactionVideoNotes. |
As with all chemical reaction(s), you know it is a chemical reaction because the "atoms" (whatever the base particle/unit) change their group from one set to another. The initial group setting is called the Reactant and after rearranging who they group with are called the Product. Each reactant are separate from other reactant with a "+" symbol (and a similar format on the Product side) with a "-->" differentiating the Reactants from the Products.
The Law of Conservation of Matter (and Dalton's extension of this Law) must hold through the Chemical reaction (I use the common phrase, In = Out).
For 1st year high school chemistry students, there are 5 Major Types of Chemical Reactions as follows: