Stoichiometry & Chemical Reactions
9 terms
Saponification
The alkaline hydrolysis of an ester, particularly a triglyceride, to give a carboxylate salt and an alcohol.
Stoichiometry & Chemical ReactionsSingle Displacement Reaction
A reaction in which a more reactive element replaces a less reactive one from its compound.
Stoichiometry & Chemical ReactionsSmelting
The reduction of a metal oxide to the metal by heating with a reducing agent, usually carbon or carbon monoxide.
Stoichiometry & Chemical ReactionsSolubility Rules
A set of empirical guidelines predicting whether an ionic compound will dissolve appreciably in water.
Stoichiometry & Chemical ReactionsSpectator Ion
An ion present in a reaction mixture that undergoes no chemical change and appears identically on both sides of the equation.
Stoichiometry & Chemical ReactionsStoichiometric Coefficient
The number written before a formula in a balanced equation, giving the relative amount of that substance consumed or produced.
Stoichiometry & Chemical ReactionsStoichiometric Mixture
A mixture of reactants present in exactly the proportions required by the balanced equation, with no reactant in excess.
Stoichiometry & Chemical ReactionsStoichiometry
The quantitative study of the mass and mole relationships between reactants and products in a chemical reaction.
Stoichiometry & Chemical ReactionsSubstitution Reaction
A reaction in which one atom or group in a molecule is replaced by another.