Questions and Answers
What is a chemical equation?
A symbolic representation of a chemical reaction in the form of symbols and chemical formulas.
What is the structure of a chemical equation?
A list of reactants on the left-hand side, an arrow symbol, and a list of products on the right-hand side, each specified by its chemical formula.
Who diagrammed the first chemical equation and in what year?
Jean Beguin in 1615.