This week we are dealing with types of reactions. There are five main categories:
1. Combustion
2. Synthesis
3. Decomposition
4. Single Replacement
5. Double Replacement
It's really fairly easy to categorize the reactions we see in class into one of these 5 categories, but if you want to see a good animation to help you get up to speed, I suggest watching this short You Tube video:
Five Major Chemical Reactions
What we do with these categories is what you will most likely find difficult. We're going to take what we know about the categories and use it to predict what products will form in a reaction! You all are starting to think like real chemists now...before chemists even think about mixing any chemicals together, they always use what they know about the reactants to predict what they will be making. A mistake at this step could be really dangerous!
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