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Why are the properties of reactants different from that of products?
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∙ 11y ago
The products of a chemical reaction have different properties than the reactant because they underwent a chemical change by definition of a chemical reaction. The products are new combinations atoms forming different molecules.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoReactants are the elements or compounds that initiate a reaction whereas products are the elements or compounds formed from reaction. However, some reactions are reversible and the reactants can become products and visa versa. This is most common in equilibrium instances with buffer solutions.
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∙ 12y agoThe properties of the product different than the reactants because of bonding and structure. Take for example salt. We start with sodium which is a metal and thus metallically bonded. It is extremely soft and ductile and conducting. The second reactant is chlorine. It is covalently bonded to itself to get an outer octet of electrons - hence it exists as Cl2. When the two react together you the individual atoms in a stable noble gas formation because sodium has lost an electron and the resultant product is now ionically bonded. This means the properties have to be different.
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∙ 11y agoEither or both of the following statements must be true: The products contain at least one chemical bond not present in the reactants, or the reactants contain at least one chemical bond not present in the products.
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∙ 14y agoReactants are present before the reaction occurs and products are present after the reaction occurs.
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∙ 11y agoBecause in a chemical reaction, the atoms of the reactants are rearranged into new products.
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∙ 13y agoWater
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A chemical reaction has not occurred if the products have?
The same chemical properties as the reactants.
What must be true about the properties of the reactants and the properties of the products in a chemical reaction?
The reactants and the products must contain the same numbers of the same types of atoms, that is, atoms with the same atomic number, and either the products must contain at least one type of chemical bond distinct from any chemical bond in the reactants or the reactants must contain at least one type of chemical bond not found in the products.
How are the terns reactant product and chemical reaction related?
The reactants undergo a chemical reaction and form new products with different physical and chemical properties.
What is a chemical reaction and how are reactants and products involved?
A chemical reaction is a change in which one kind of matter changes into a different kind of matter with different properties. Reactant is a substance used in a chemical reaction and a product is a substance made in a chemical reaction. Hope this is helpful! ;)
A skeleton equation shows just the reactants and products whereas a balanced equation shows the?
relative amounts of reactants and products
How do the properties of reactants compare to the properties of products?
Since I do not know which reactants and which products you refer to, I can only tell you that the properties will be different.
1 Are the properties of reactants and products always the same or can they be different?
different
How do reactants and products and compar before and after a chemical reactgion?
The products have different physical and chemical properties than the reactants.
A chemical reaction takes place when what?
The atoms of the reactants are rearranged to form new products that are different in chemical composition and properties from those of the reactants.
Why chemical compound does not maintain the same properties as its parent elements?
Because reactants and products have different chemical compositions and consequently different chemical and physical properties.
What does a chemical change always do?
A chemical change always changes the chemical composition of the reactants to produce products with new and unique properties, different from the reactants.
How are reactants and products related?
they both involve important things
When do the physical and chemical properties change?
Physical and chemical properties change as the result of a chemical change, which produces new products with different physical and chemical properties than the reactants.
A chemical reaction has not occurred if the products have?
The same chemical properties as the reactants.
How do the properties of a new substance compare with the properties of the original substances after a chemical change takes place?
the product's properties usually and may differ from the properties of the reactants. Example-salt-sodium, a soft explosive metal and chlorine, a toxic gas. make salt.
What action will result in product with chemical properties?
A chemical reaction will result in a product with not only chemical properties (which are different than the reactants), but also physical properties (which are also different from the reactants).
The products in a decomposition reaction?
The products in a decomposition reaction depend on what the reactants are in that decomposition reaction. The products will be different depending on the reactants.
