WRITING CHEMICAL

REACTION EQUATION

Prepared By: Marjorie A. Lapez

 CHEMICAL REACTION
• Process that involves rearrangement of the molecular or ionic structure of a
substance.
• Process that rearrange the constituent atoms of the reactants to create a
different substance as product.
 CHEMICAL EQUATION
• Symbolic representation of a chemical reaction in a form of symbols and
formula.
 REACTANTS AND PRODUCTS

ONE OR MORE REACTANTS ONE OR MORE PRODUCTS

 SYMBOLS USED IN WRITING
CHEMICAL REACTION EUATION

Used to separate reactant from another reactant or a product from another

+ product.

Represent the word “yield”, “result” or “produces” ; used to separate the

reactant and the product.

(s), (l), (g) & (aq) Physical state symbols ; Aqueous means it is in solution with water as the
solvent.
 COEFFICIENT AND SUBSCRIPT
• Coefficient is number before of each the formula; number of molecules.

• Subscript is the number of atom in a molecule.

 WRITING SKELETON REACTION EQUATION
Example:

Hydrogen gas and Oxygen gas produces Water

BALANCING SKELETON REACTION EQUATION

• Example 1:

2H2 + O2
• Example 2:

Phosphorus (s) and Fluorine (g) to produce

Phosphorus Pentafluoride