Stoichiometry & Chemical Reactions
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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.
Stoichiometry & Chemical ReactionsTheoretical Yield
The maximum mass of product that could be obtained from a given quantity of limiting reagent, assuming complete conversion.
Stoichiometry & Chemical ReactionsThermal Decomposition
The breakdown of a compound into simpler substances brought about solely by heating.
Stoichiometry & Chemical ReactionsThermite Reaction
A highly exothermic reaction in which aluminium powder reduces a metal oxide to the molten metal.