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Revision as of 09:15, 28 September 2018

Key Stage 3

Meaning

A Word Equation is a way of representing chemical reactions to show the reactants and products using words.

About Word Equations

In a word equation the reactants are on the left and the products are on the right.
ReactantsProducts.png
Word equations can be used to show the names of chemicals before and after reactions but they do not show the numbers of molecules or the number of atoms in each molecule. For that information you need a Balanced Symbol Equation.

Examples

Hydrogen+Oxygen=Water.png
Methane+Oxygen.png
Magnesium+Oxygen=MagnesiumOxide.png
HydrochloricAcid+LithiumOxide.png