Equations and Reaction Types
Equations and reaction types link chemical formulae to what actually happens during a chemical change. These pages build from writing balanced chemical equations through to recognising acid reactions and writing ionic equations.
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Writing Chemical Equations
Revise word equations, symbol equations, balancing equations and the correct use of state symbols.
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Learn the common products formed when acids react with metals, bases, alkalis and carbonates.
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Learn how ionic equations show only the reacting ions and remove spectator ions from chemical equations.
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Equations and Reaction Types Map
Edexcel A Level Chemistry · Topic 5 Formulae, Equations and Amounts of Substance · Equations and Reaction Types
The whole section on one A4 page: balancing, state symbols, ionic equations, precipitation, displacement and the reactions of acids.
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Equations and Reaction Types – Edexcel A Level Chemistry
The following specification points outline the knowledge and skills students are expected to demonstrate for Topic 5. Ideas from this topic are applied across quantitative chemistry, practical work and later physical, inorganic and organic topics.
Equations, Reaction Types and Observations
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