Types of Reactions
Two or more substances react to form one product
What is a synthesis reaction?
Dihydrogen monoxide
What is H2O?
NaCl
What is sodium chloride?
The ratio between 2 different substances in a chemical equation
What is the mole ratio?
Is a bond between a metal and a nonmetal
What is an ionic compound?
Has the general formula CxHy + O2 --> CO2 + H2O
What is a combustion reaction?
Potassium Iodide
What is KI?
MgF2
What is magnesium fluoride?
Used to convert between mass and moles
What is molar mass?
The type of compound that uses prefixes
What is a covalent compound?
A substance breaks down to form multiple substances
What is decomposition?
dicarbon tetroxide
What is C2O4?
N2O
What is dinitrogen monoxide?
The molar mass of LiF
What is 25.9 g/mol?
Limiting reactant
What reactant limits how much product can be formed?
A substance has a higher affinity for a different element, so it takes it and leaves another substance behind
What is a single replacement reaction?
Sodium Sulfide
What is Na2S?
PCl3
What is phosphorus trichloride?
The mole ratio between nitrogen and nitrogen oxide in
N2+O2 --> 2NO
What is 1:2?
Theoretical yield
What is the amount of product that should be produced in a reaction if everything was perfect?
Ions switch places to form 2 new substances
What is a double replacement reaction?
Lithium Phosphide
What is Li3P?
C4H8
What is tetracarbon octohydride?
The molar mass of Pb(NO3)2
What is 331.2 g/mol?
The definition of stoichiometry
What is the relationship between amounts of substances in reactions?