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What is a chemical equation?
What is a chemical equation?
A chemical equation is the symbolic representation of a chemical reaction in the form of symbols and chemical formulas.
What is the purpose of the arrow in a chemical equation?
What is the purpose of the arrow in a chemical equation?
The arrow in a chemical equation points towards the products to show the direction of the reaction.
What are the coefficients next to the symbols and formulas in a chemical equation?
What are the coefficients next to the symbols and formulas in a chemical equation?
The coefficients are the absolute values of the stoichiometric numbers.
How are the reactant entities and product entities represented in a chemical equation?
How are the reactant entities and product entities represented in a chemical equation?
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Who diagrammed the first chemical equation?
Who diagrammed the first chemical equation?
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