Grade 8 Chemistry: Chemical Bonding: Types of Reactions and Predicting Products

" How do you predict the products for different chemical reactions? ( what are the different types of chemical reactions?) "

What you should know: chemical reactions will fall into one of five categories:

•     Synthesis Reactions
  
•     Decomposition Reactions
  
•     Single Displacement Reactions
•     Double Displacement Reactions
•     Combustion Reactions
  

Here are a few important things to  remember when predicting products:

• The compounds form must be neutral ionic compounds (which means you’ll be paying attention to their charges)
• DO NOT carry subscripts from the reactants to the products.

• Always balance your equation LAST.
  

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