A chemical change occurs when atoms are rearranged to form new molecules.
Yes, that's called decomposition.
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Compounds
The molecules will rearrange, giving off or absorbing energy. The atoms will be by and large unaffected (they might gain or loose an electron or two)
An atom may change by rearranging the number of neutrons in the nucleus. It will still be the same chemical element, for the number of electrons (and protons) will still be the same. But the number of neutrons, and hence the mass, will change. Usually by radioactive behaviour.
Combining lighter atoms to produce heavier atoms is called fusion.
In chemical reactions, the number of atoms stays the same, yet they may recombine into different types of molecules. That is why some chemical reactions use two compounds to create a different coumpound.
No. these are the reactants, the products are what are produced by the reaction.
The rearranging of atoms to form new combinations is called "chemical reaction", and the "new combinations" are called "compounds.
Physical changes confer to the change in the physical nature of the substance. Atoms rearrange them to form a new substance identical to the previous one. Example - If you met a solid wax, you still get a wax, but in liquid form. The atoms of the solid wax rearranged themselves to form a new product (liquid wax) but the substance was same that is wax. So no new substance was formed.Source:
The molecules will rearrange, giving off or absorbing energy. The atoms will be by and large unaffected (they might gain or loose an electron or two)
compound
They get rearranged to form new products.
An atom may change by rearranging the number of neutrons in the nucleus. It will still be the same chemical element, for the number of electrons (and protons) will still be the same. But the number of neutrons, and hence the mass, will change. Usually by radioactive behaviour.
That process is called a chemical reaction.
Combining lighter atoms to produce heavier atoms is called fusion.
If they are covalently bonded, it would be a molecule. If they are bonded by an ionic bond, they form an ionic compound.
In chemical reactions, the number of atoms stays the same, yet they may recombine into different types of molecules. That is why some chemical reactions use two compounds to create a different coumpound.
The atoms of the reactants are rearranged to form new products that are different in chemical composition and properties from those of the reactants.
No. these are the reactants, the products are what are produced by the reaction.