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Chemical Reactions and Interactions

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  • Acid-Base Reactions
  • Combination Reactions
    Combination reactions describe a reaction in which two or more reactants become one product (are combined). The problem with this term is that it doesn't give you much chemical insight because there are many different types of reactions that follow this pattern. So we'll break it into groups that reflect what's actually happening a little better.
  • Combustion Reactions
  • Decomposition Reactions
  • Electrolyte Strength
    Electrolyte means a solute that allows a water solution to conduct electricity. Electrolytes produce ions when they dissolve in solution. Salts are usually electrolytes, while molecular substances usually aren't, unless they are acids or bases.
  • Overview
  • Redox Reactions
  • Solubility and Precipitation
  • Solutions, Solvation, and Dissociation
    Dissolution means the process of dissolving or forming a solution. When dissolution happens, the solute separates into ions or molecules, and each ion or molecule is surrounded by molecules of solvent. The interactions between the solute particles and the solvent molecules is called solvation.
  • The Wild Ionists
    Faraday proved that pure water doesn't conduct electricity, but conductivity increases when some types of solutes are added. These solutes are called electrolytes. For a long time, people thought that the ions that let water conduct electricity (to conduct, charged particles must move, such as electrons through a metal wire or ions through solution) were formed by the electricity.

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