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Choithram school

north campus

Submitted to:-
Ms.biji
Matthew mam
Group members:-

class:- X-”D”
A chemical equation is the symbolic
representation of a chemical reaction
in the form of symbols and formulae,
wherein the reactant entities are
given on the left-hand side and the
product entities on the right-hand
side.The coefficients next to the
symbols and formulae of entities are
the absolute values of the
stoichiometric numbers. The first
chemical equation was diagrammed by
Jean Beguin in 1615.
Some example of
chemical equations
Characteristics of
chemical equation
What is the form of
chemical equation?
Law of conservation of mass
Mikhail lomonosov in 1756
Showing phases in
chemical equation
Balanced and
unbalanced equation
Balancing a equation
As an example, seen in the above image, the burning of
methane would be balanced by putting a coefficient of
1 before the CH4:
1 CH4 + O2 → CO2 + H2O
Since there is one carbon on each side of the arrow,
the first atom (carbon) is balanced.
Looking at the next atom (hydrogen), the right-hand
side has two atoms, while the left-hand side has four.
To balance the hydrogens, 2 goes in front of the H2O,
which yields:
1 CH4 + O2 → CO2 + 2 H2O
Inspection of the last atom to be balanced (oxygen)
shows that the right-hand side has four atoms, while
the left-hand side has two. It can be balanced by
putting a 2 before O2, giving the balanced equation:
CH4 + 2 O2 → CO2 + 2 H2O
An ionic equation is a chemical equation in which electrolytes are
written as dissociated ions. Ionic equations are used for single
and double displacement reactions that occur in aqueous
solutions. For example in the following precipitation reaction:
CaCl2(aq) + 2 AgNO3(aq) → Ca(NO3)2(aq) + 2 AgCl(s)
the full ionic equation is:
Ca2+(aq) + 2 Cl−(aq) + 2 Ag+(aq) + 2 NO3−(aq) → Ca2+(aq) + 2
NO3−(aq) + 2 AgCl(s)
In this reaction, the Ca2+ and the NO3− ions remain in solution and
are not part of the reaction. That is, these ions are identical on
both the reactant and product side of the chemical equation.
Because such ions do not participate in the reaction, they are
called spectator ions. A net ionic equation is the full ionic equation
from which the spectator ions have been removed

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