synthesis.Weidner

=**__Synthesis__**=

A synthesis reaction occurs when 2 or more reactants combine to form 1 new product. A+B = AB.

An example of a real synthesis reaction is when Sodium combines with Chlorine to for Sodium Chloride.

Sodium = Na + Chlorine = Cl = NaCl

Chlorine is one of those elements that alone is diatomic. So it would be Na + Cl2 = NaCl and because Na=+1 and Cl= -1 there needs to be an equal amount of both on each side. So you write a new equation that looks like this: 2Na + Cl2 = 2NaCl.



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