This blog post I'm creating is for the purpose to help you understand the five different types Synthesis, Decomposition, Single and Double Replacement, and Combustion. At the end of this post I hope you have a better understanding of how to determine different types of reactions and how they happen.
Reaction Types:
1.A + B --> AB Hydrogen Nitrogen H2 + N2 --> NH3 / Ammonia --> NH4+/Ammonium NO3
Synthesis: Two things becoming one.
2. AB --> A + B Decomposition: The opposite of synthesis. H2O --> H2 + O2 <-- Electricity in Water
3. A +BC --> AC + B Single Replacement (Displacement): Oxidation-reduction chemical reaction when an element or ion moves out of one compound and into another - that is, one element is replaced by another in a compound.
Mg + AgNO3 --> Mg(NO3)2 + Ag
4. AB + CD -> CB + AD Double Replacement: A chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound AgNO3 + MgCl2 --> AgCl + Mg (NO3)2
5. Combustion: The process of burning something. fuel + O2 --> Propane C3H8 + O2 --> H2O + CO2 Octane C8H18 + O2 --> H2O +CO2 H2+ O2 --> H20 No CO2