alightsynthesis

=Synthesis=

Okay, now were gonna start off slow. Synthesis is by far the easiest kind of chemical reaction, its two elements forming a compound. Its just:

A + B --> AB
Okay, an example of this is our friend H20 again!

what was the equation again... oh yeah...

Hydrogen and oxygen react to form Hydrogen oxide (aka water)

we already balanced the equation of H20 as O2 + 2H2 --> 2H20

this fits the basic format perfectly

H + O -->HO is the unbalanced unworked equation.

A + B -->AB

easy enough!

these kinds of equations will be very easy, the only tricky part is knowing which elements are diatomic for the balancing part. but you already know all about diatomic atoms from our previous chapter.



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