Textbook Problem

1 views

What is a chemical equation? What are reactants? What are products?

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The definitions of chemical equation, reactant and product are to be provided.

Concept Introduction:

 Chemical reactions are represented by chemical equations, where the starting materials acting as reactants are written on the left side, and the final products are written on the right side of the equation.

 Reactant is a substance that takes part in a chemical reaction or initiates the reaction.

 Product is a substance that is formed as a result of a reaction.

Explanation of Solution

The symbolic representation of the chemical reaction is known as chemical equation.

Consider the following chemical equation:

$\text{4HCl}+{\text{ O}}_2\to {\text{ 2H}}_2$