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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For example, the gas-phase decomposition of cyclobutane, C4H8, to ethylene, C2H4, is represented by the following chemical equation:

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It is sometimes convenient to use fractions instead of integers as intermediate coefficients in the process of balancing a chemical equation.

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The chemical equation representing this process is provided in the upper half of Figure 4.2, with space-filling molecular models shown in the lower half of the figure.

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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