Stoichiometry & Chemical Reactions
9 terms
Saponification
Stoichiometry & Chemical Reactions
Dimensionless
The alkaline hydrolysis of an ester, particularly a triglyceride, to give a carboxylate salt and an alcohol.
RCOOR′ + NaOH → RCOONa + R′OH
Single Displacement Reaction
Stoichiometry & Chemical Reactions
Dimensionless
A reaction in which a more reactive element replaces a less reactive one from its compound.
A + BC → AC + B
Smelting
Stoichiometry & Chemical Reactions
°C
The reduction of a metal oxide to the metal by heating with a reducing agent, usually carbon or carbon monoxide.
MO + C → M + CO
Solubility Rules
Stoichiometry & Chemical Reactions
Dimensionless
A set of empirical guidelines predicting whether an ionic compound will dissolve appreciably in water.
Spectator Ion
Stoichiometry & Chemical Reactions
Dimensionless
An ion present in a reaction mixture that undergoes no chemical change and appears identically on both sides of the equation.
Stoichiometric Coefficient
Stoichiometry & Chemical Reactions
Dimensionless
The number written before a formula in a balanced equation, giving the relative amount of that substance consumed or produced.
Stoichiometric Mixture
Stoichiometry & Chemical Reactions
mol
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
Stoichiometry
Stoichiometry & Chemical Reactions
mol
The quantitative study of the mass and mole relationships between reactants and products in a chemical reaction.
n_A / a = n_B / b
Substitution Reaction
Stoichiometry & Chemical Reactions
Dimensionless
A reaction in which one atom or group in a molecule is replaced by another.
R–X + Y → R–Y + X