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Synthesis
In a Synthesis reaction two reactants create a product that is a combination of the two elements on the reactant side.

A generic form of the reaction is A+B--> AB

An example of this reaction in sentence form is __Sodium reacting with Chlorine to produce Sodium Chloride__ (AKA table salt). To put this sentence in equation form here is what you do: Sodium=Na Chlorine: is a diatomic element and can't be by itself so it's Cl2 So you know the first half of the equation Na+Cl2---> Sodium Chloride= NaCl So the equation is Na+Cl2--->NaCl... so are we done? NO!! Now you have to __balance the equation.__ On the reactant side, Na+Cl2, there are 2 Chlorines and one Sodium. On the product side, NaCl, there are only one of each. So to balance it you have to add a coefficient: Na+Cl2--->2NaCl But, it's still not fully balanced yet because now we have one Sodium on the reactant side and two on the product side. To fix this you have to add another coefficient: 2Na+Cl2--->2NaCl

A picture of a Synthesis reaction:



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