5 Questions
What are the reactants in a chemical reaction?
The substances that start a chemical reaction. In the reaction between baking soda and vinegar, the reactants are baking soda and vinegar.
What are the products in a chemical reaction?
The substances produced as a result of a chemical reaction. In the reaction between baking soda and vinegar, the products are carbon dioxide gas and water.
What are catalysts in a chemical reaction?
Substances that speed up chemical reactions without being consumed themselves. For example, enzymes work like helpers in our bodies to speed up important tasks like breaking down food.
What are inhibitors in a chemical reaction?
Substances that slow down or prevent chemical reactions. Inhibitors are used in photography to control development reactions.
What are halogens and give an example?
Halogens are Group 17 of the periodic table, including fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine. An example is chlorine, which is in disinfectants and is important for keeping pool water clean.
Study Notes
Chemical Reactions
- Reactants are the substances that start a chemical reaction, like baking soda and vinegar in a reaction.
Products
- Products are the substances produced as a result of a chemical reaction, such as carbon dioxide gas and water in the reaction between baking soda and vinegar.
Catalysts
- Catalysts are substances that speed up chemical reactions without being consumed themselves, like enzymes in the human body that help break down food.
Inhibitors
- Inhibitors are substances that slow down or prevent chemical reactions, with examples used in photography to control development reactions.
Halogens
- Group 17 of the periodic table includes fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine, with chlorine being an important component of disinfectants used to keep pool water clean.
Types of Chemical Reactions
Claritas Memory: Chemical Reactions
- There are four main types of chemical reactions: combination, decomposition, displacement, and exchange.
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