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Combustion of a hydrocarbon yields
carbon dioxide and water
decomposition (# of reactants and products)
one reactant, two products
binary compound yields
elements in the compound
metal hydroxide yields
metal oxide and water
oxyacid yields
nonmetal oxide and water
synthesis (# of reactants and products)
two reactants, one product
elements yields
compound
metal oxide + water yields
metal hydroxide
nonmetal oxide + water yields
oxyacid
oxidation
losing electrons/oxidation # goes up
reduction
gaining electrons/oxidation # goes down
spectator ions
ions that don’t participate in the reaction
net ionic equation
reaction written without spectator ions
metal + more active metal yields
A + BX yields AX + B
reactive metal + acid yields
A + HX yields AX + H2
very reactive metal + water yields
A + H2O yields AOH + H2
halogen + more active halogen yields
X2 + AY yields AX + Y2
double replacement
AX + BY yields AY + BX
