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Types of Chemical Reactions
Types of Chemical Reactions
REACTIONS
Two or more reactants react to
Synthesis form ONE product.
Reaction
Also known as combination or
direct union reaction
𝟐 𝑯 𝟐 𝑶 →𝟐 𝑯 𝟐 +𝑶 𝟐
water Hydrogen Oxygen
gas gas
Single
Displacement
Reaction
𝑨𝑩+𝑪 →𝑪𝑩 + 𝑨
cation anion metal cation anion metal
𝑪𝒂𝑪𝒍 𝟐 +𝟐 𝑵𝒂 → 𝟐 𝑵𝒂𝑪𝒍 +𝑪𝒂
𝟐 𝑯𝑪𝒍 + 𝒁𝒏 → 𝒁𝒏𝑪𝒍 𝟐+ 𝑯 𝟐
𝑯 𝟐 𝑺𝑶 𝟒 + 𝑨𝒖 → 𝒏𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
Decreasing
Activity
Activity Series
Rule of Thumb:
• An element can replace
any element below it
• No element can replace an
element above it
Single
𝑨𝒍𝟐 (𝑪𝑶 𝟑)𝟑 + 𝑲 →
Displacement
𝑴𝒈𝟑 (𝑷𝑶 𝟑 )𝟐+ 𝑭𝒆 →
Reaction
𝑺𝒏 𝑰 𝟒 +𝑪𝒐 →
𝑷𝒃 ( 𝑵𝑶 𝟑)𝟒 +𝑪𝒓 →
𝑩𝒂 𝑪𝒍 𝟐+ 𝑭 𝟐 →
• If the replacing metal is polyvalent, the higher valence is
used in the resulting product
Double • Also known as Metathesis
Displacement
Reaction
𝑨𝑩+𝑪𝑫 →𝑪𝑩 + 𝑨𝑫
𝑩𝒂𝑪𝒍 𝟐+ 𝑵𝒂 𝟐 𝑺𝑶 𝟒 → 𝑩𝒂𝑺𝑶 𝟒 +𝟐 𝑵𝒂𝑪𝒍
𝑷𝒃 ¿
Double 𝑵𝒂 𝟐 𝑺+𝟐 𝑯𝑪𝒍 → 𝟐 𝑵𝒂𝑪𝒍 + 𝑯 𝟐 𝑺
Displacement
Reaction
𝑨𝒍𝟐 ¿
𝟐 𝑴𝒈𝟑 𝑵 𝟐 +𝟑 𝑺𝒏 𝑩𝒓 𝟒 →𝟔 𝑴𝒈 𝑩𝒓 𝟐 +𝑺𝒏 𝟑 𝑵 𝟒
• The reaction between an acid and a
Neutralization base.
Reaction
• The products are salt and water
𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒅 + 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆 → 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒕 + 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓
𝑯 𝟑 𝑷𝑶 𝟒+𝟑 𝑲𝑶𝑯 → 𝑲 𝟑 𝑷𝑶 𝟒 +𝟑 𝑯 𝟐 𝑶
𝟐 𝑵𝑯 𝟒 𝑶𝑯 + 𝑯 𝟐 𝑺𝑶 𝟒 →( 𝑵𝑯 𝟒)𝟐 𝑺𝑶 𝟒+ 𝟐 𝑯 𝟐 𝑶