IONIC COMPOUNDWRITING EXAMPLES
MOLECULAR COMPOUND WRITING EXAMPLES
UNBALANCED CHEMICAL EQUATIONS
BALANCED CHEMICAL EQUATION
DEFINITIONS
100

The formula for sodium chloride

What is NaCl?

100

The formula for Carbon dioxide

What is CO2?

100

Solid sodium metal reacts with chlorine gas to produce solid sodium chloride

What is Na(s)+Cl2(g)-->NaCl(s)?

100

Solid elemental phosphorus reacts with fluorine gas to produce gaseous phosphorus pentafluoride  

What is P4(s)+10F2(g)-->4PF5(g)

100

Formed by the chemical bond between a non-metal and a metal

What is a Ionic compound?

200

The formula for sodium hydroxide

What is NaOH?

200

The formula for water

What is H2O?

200

Hydrogen gas reacts with nitrogen monoxide gas to form water and nitrogen gas

What is H2(g)+NO(g)-->H2O(l)+N2(g)

200

Calcium metal reacts with nitrogen gas to produce calcium nitrate

3Ca(s)+N2(g)-->Ca3N2(g)

200

A chemical compound formed by two or more non metals

What is a molecular compound?

300

The formula for sodium fluoride

What is NaF?

300

The formula for carbon monoxide

What is CO?

300

Aluminum metal reacts with hydrochloric acid to produce aluminum chloride and hydrogen gas

What is Al(s)+HCl(aq)-->AlCl3(s)+H2(g)

300

Solid elemental sulfur reacts with oxygen gas to produce sulfur trioxide

What is S8(g)+12O2(g)-->8SO3(g)
300

a symbolic representation of a chemical reaction, showing what happens to substances (reactants) before and after the reaction (products)

What is Chemical equation?

400

The formula for magnesium sulfate

What is MgSO4?

400

The formula for Methane

What is CH4?

400

Barium chloride solution reacts with sodium sulfate solution to make solid barium sulfate and aqueous sodium chloride

What is BaCl2(aq)+Na2SO4(aq)-->BaSO4(s)+NaCl(s)

400

Hydrochloric acid reacts with aqueous solution barium hydroxide to produce water and barium chloride

What is 2HCl(aq)+Ba(OH)2(aq)-->2H2O(l)+BaCl2(aq)

400

a representation of a chemical reaction where the number of atoms of each element on the reactant side (the starting materials) is not equal to the number of atoms of each element on the product side (the resulting substances)

What is Unbalanced equation?

500

The formula for potassium iodide

What is Kl?

500

The formula for Ammonia

What is NH3?

500

Aqueous solutions of hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide react to produce aqueous sodium chloride and water

What is HCl(aq)+NaOH(aq)-->NaCl(aq)+H2O(l)

500

Pentane(C5H12) burns in air in a combustion reaction to produce water and carbon dioxide

What is C5H12(l)+8O2(g)-->6H2O(l)+5CO2(g)

500

 a chemical equation in which mass is conserved and there are equal numbers of atoms of each element on both sides of the equation

What is Balanced equations?