chemical equation

British  

noun

1. a representation of a chemical reaction using symbols of the elements to indicate the amount of substance, usually in moles, of each reactant and product

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Example Sentences

A balanced chemical equation often may be derived from a qualitative description of some chemical reaction by a fairly simple approach known as balancing by inspection.

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Identifying the limiting and excess reactants for a given situation requires computing the molar amounts of each reactant provided and comparing them to the stoichiometric amounts represented in the balanced chemical equation.

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Changing the direction of a chemical equation essentially swaps the identities of “reactants” and “products,” and so the equilibrium constant for the reversed equation is simply the reciprocal of that for the forward equation.

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This process is represented qualitatively by an unbalanced chemical equation:

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“I used to know any chemical equation or macromolecular synthesis without hesitation. But with age, I am becoming less useful.”

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera