LIGHTS, CAMERA,

“CHEMICAL REACTION”
• Identify the types of Chemical reactions

• Cite the evidence of chemical reactions

• Give the example of each types of

reactions
What is a Chemical Reaction?
It is a chemical change in which one
or more substances are destroyed
and one or more new substances are
created.

Parts are mixed together to make

something new
 Parts of a Chemical Reaction
Reactants  Products
Reactants: Substances that are destroyed by the
chemical change (bonds break).

Products: Substances created by the chemical

change (new bonds form).

The arrow () is read as “yields”.

 Other symbols in chemical
reactions
• (s) = solid
• (l) = liquid
• (g) = gas
• (aq) = aqueous solution (the substance is
dissolved in H2O)
• “+” separates two or more reactants or products
• “” yield sign separates reactants from products
Evidence for a Chemical Reaction
Evidence for a Chemical Reaction
1) Involvement of light or heat.
 Evidence for a Chemical Reaction
2) Temperature change (increase or decrease)
Evidence for a Chemical Reaction
3) Color change (due to the formation of a new
substance).
 Evidence for a Chemical Reaction
4) Formation of a gas (bubbling or an odor)
other than boiling.
 Evidence for a Chemical Reaction
5) Formation of a precipitate (a new solid
forms) from the reaction of two aqueous
solutions.
 Classification of
Chemical Reactions:

The Soap-Opera
of Chemistry
Types of Chemical Reactions

1. Synthesis Reaction
2. Decomposition Reaction
3. Single Replacement Reaction
4. Double Replacement Reaction
5. Combustion Reaction
Types of Chemical Reactions

1. Synthesis – The get together

2. Decomposition- The break up
3. Single Replacement- The Cheater
4. Double Replacement- The Swap
5. Combustion- The Lover
**The Red names are “helpful hints”
Reactants – beginning substance Products- Ending Substance
Coefficient- number placed in front of a chemical formula in an equation.
1. Synthesis Reaction
Example C + O2
C + O O  O C O
Reactants Products

General: A + B  AB
 Synthesis Reaction
• Predict the products.
Na + Cl2  NaCl2
Mg + F2  MgF2

Al + F2  AlF3
Synthesis = Join together
Coefficient- number placed in front of a chemical formula in an equation.
2. Decomposition Reaction
Example: NaCl

Cl Na  Cl + Na

General: AB  A + B
Compound = Element + Element
 Decomposition Reaction
• Predict the products.

HgO  Hg + O

KClO  KCl + O

Decomposition = Split apart

Reactants – beginning substance Products- Ending Substance
3. Single Displacement Reaction
Example: CuCl2 + Zn

Cl
Cu
Cl + Zn  Cl
Zn
Cl + Cu

General: AB + C  AC + B
Compound + Element = New Compound + New Element
 Single Replacement Reactions
• Predict the products.
Example:
Cl2 + NaBr  NaCl + Br2

C + AB AC+ B
HgO + Cl2 
Example:
HgCl + O2
A B + C A C + B
Compound + Element = New Compound + New Element
A X B Y A Y B X
A X B Y A Y B X
4. Double displacement Reaction
Example: MgO + CaS

Mg
+ Ca  Mg
+ Ca
O S S O

General: AB + CD  AD + CB
Double Replacement Reactions
• Predict the products.
CuCl2 + H2S  CuS + HCl

BaCl2 + Na2SO4  BaSO4 + NaCl

 5. Combustion Reactions
• Combustion reactions – when a
hydrocarbon reacts with oxygen
gas
• This is also called BURNING!
• In order to burn something you
need the 3 things in the “fire
triangle”:

• 1) Fuel (hydrocarbon)
2) Oxygen
3) Something to ignite the
reaction (spark)
 Combustion Reactions
• In general:
CxHy + O2  CO2 + H2O

• Products are ALWAYS

CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER!
H20 and CO2 will always be a Product
 ***All Combustion must have
a hydrocarbon and 02 as
reactants

CH4 + 2 O2 → CO2 + 2 H2O

5 Main types of reactions
• Synthesis- “Love at first sight”

• Decomposition- “The break-up”

• Single Replacement- “My best friends girlfriend”

• Double Replacement- “Revenge”

• Combustion- “The player”

 Join together Split apart

A + B  AB AB  A + B

Trade 1 place Trade 2 places

AB + C  AC + B AB + CD  AC + BD
Which type of reaction?

P + O2  P4O10
 Which type of reaction?

Cl2 + NaBr  NaCl + O2

 Which type of reaction?
BaCl2 + Na2SO4  NaCl + BaSO4
 Which type of reaction?

HgO + Cl2  HgCl + O2

Which type of reaction?

Al2O3  Al + O2
 Which type of reaction?

CuCl2 + H2S  CuS + 2HCl

Which type of reaction?

H2 + N2  NH 3
Which type of reaction?

HgO  Hg + O2
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