Chemical Reactions Vocabulary

an expression in which the reactants and products in a chemical reaction are represented with words

• reversible reaction

• word equation

• unbalanced equation

• formula equation

a solid that is produced as a result of a chemical reaction in solution

• Ice,Ice

• alloy

• precipitate

• coefficient

the oxidation reaction of an element or compound, in which energy as

heat is released

• decomposition reaction

• synthesis reaction

• combustion reaction

• precipitate

a reactant in which one element or radical takes the place of another element or

radical in a compound

• single replacement

• double replacement

• decompositon

• synthesis

a representation of the reactants and products of a chemical reaction by their

symbols and formulas

• word equation

• formula equation

• chemical equation

• algebraic equation

a reaction in which the products reform the original reactants

• reversible reaction

• refund reaction

• decomposition reaction

• combustion reaction

a reaction in which a gas, a solid precipitate, or a molecular compound forms from the

apparent exchange of atoms or ions between two compounds

• combustion reacton

• decomposition reaction

• double displacement reaction

• single replacement reaction

a series of elements that have similar properties and that are arranged in

descending order of chemical activity

• precipitate

• world series

• electrolysis

• activity series

a small whole number that appears as a factor in front of a formula in a chemical equation

• subscript

• coefficient

• superscript

• oxidation number

the process in which electric current is used to produce a chemical reaction

• electrolysis

• precipitate

• synthesis

• activity