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Reaction Teaching Wiki By: Sasha Lindo There are five types of common chemical reactions. In this reaction wiki I will be providing examples of the five types of reactions. I will also be explaining to you how to write the equation for a certain reactions and how to balance them. The five types of reactions are single displacement, double displacement, combustion, decomposition and synthesis. A **//synthesis//** reaction is when a single substance is broken down into two or more smaller substances. A **//decomposition//** reaction is when two or more substances combine to produce one single or more complex substance. **// Single displacement//** is when a reaction in which a free atom becomes on ion and an ion becomes a free element. **//Double displacement//** is a reaction in which the positive ion of one compound replaces the positive ion of the other compound to make two new compounds. A **//combustion//** reaction is when a substance rapidly combines with oxygen to produce one or more oxides. Usually if this reaction is taking place you will have the elements carbon and hydrogen in the reaction.

Write symbols Do what it says too Find charges Do switchero Reduce
 * Key Takeaways in Balancing Equations:**
 * 1) Read the sentence
 * 2) Figure out which elements or substances is the product and reactants
 * 3) Turn the words into formulas
 * Ionorganic Covalent**
 * H2, N2, O2, F2, Cl2, Br2, I2 are all considered diatomic
 * 1) After all the names are written balance the equation by altering coefficients

Type 1: Synthesis Type 2: Decompostion Type 3: Single Displacement Type 4: Double Displacement Type 5: Combustion