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Saponification

The alkaline hydrolysis of an ester, particularly a triglyceride, to give a carboxylate salt and an alcohol.

RCOOR′ + NaOH → RCOONa + R′OH Dimensionless
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Single Displacement Reaction

A reaction in which a more reactive element replaces a less reactive one from its compound.

A + BC → AC + B Dimensionless
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Smelting

The reduction of a metal oxide to the metal by heating with a reducing agent, usually carbon or carbon monoxide.

MO + C → M + CO °C
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Solubility Rules

A set of empirical guidelines predicting whether an ionic compound will dissolve appreciably in water.

Dimensionless
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Spectator Ion

An ion present in a reaction mixture that undergoes no chemical change and appears identically on both sides of the equation.

Dimensionless
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Stoichiometric Coefficient

The number written before a formula in a balanced equation, giving the relative amount of that substance consumed or produced.

Dimensionless
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Stoichiometric Mixture

A mixture of reactants present in exactly the proportions required by the balanced equation, with no reactant in excess.

n_A : n_B = a : b mol
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Stoichiometry

The quantitative study of the mass and mole relationships between reactants and products in a chemical reaction.

n_A / a = n_B / b mol
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Substitution Reaction

A reaction in which one atom or group in a molecule is replaced by another.

R–X + Y → R–Y + X Dimensionless