
Explore chemical reactions and chemical equations by learning to write word equations and formulas, balance equations, and study displacement, combination, and oxidation-reduction concepts with practical examples.
Introduce chemical reactions, distinguish physical from chemical changes, and represent processes with word and balanced chemical equations using examples like sodium with water and magnesium oxide.
Learn the rules for writing word equations, identify reactants and products, use plus signs and arrows, and understand how balanced equations have equal numbers of atoms on both sides.
Balance chemical equations by equal atom counts on both sides, starting with the compound with maximum atoms, then hydrogen; make the equation informative with physical states and heat changes.
Explore exothermic and endothermic reactions and learn the five main types of chemical reactions: combination, decomposition, displacement, oxidation and reduction reactions, plus electrolysis and photochemical reactions.
Explore displacement reactions and the reactivity series, illustrated by zinc displacing copper from copper sulfate, plus precipitation, neutralization, and the basics of oxidation-reduction and oxidizing/reducing agents.
Explore how oxidation causes corrosion and rusting of metals and spoilage of foods, and learn practical prevention methods like antioxidants, nitrogen packaging, refrigeration, airtight storage, and avoiding light.
Everything in the world undergoes change. The change may be physical or chemical. A change is said to be physical when it does not involve change in chemical composition of the substance. But when the chemical composition of a substance is changed, the substance is said to undergo a chemical change or it is said that a chemical reaction takes place. Thus during a chemical reaction, the chemical composition of the substance is changed and new substances having new properties are formed. Thus a chemical reaction may be defined as the process in which original substances disappear and new substances are formed. In fact, during a chemical reaction, old bonds are broken and new bonds are formed. In other words, atoms are rearranged to form new substances.
Chemical reaction :- The processes, in which a substance or substances undergo a chemical change to produce new substance or substances, with entire new properties, are known as chemical reaction.
The nature and identity of products totally changes from the reactants. Observations which determines whether the chemical reaction has taken place or not.
(a) Chemical reaction must be associated with change in temperature i.e. Heat should be either evolved or absorbed.
(b)The reaction must occur between fixed quantities of the reactants.