{"id":1091,"date":"2015-12-12T09:20:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T09:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hyndsecchemu1hwrk\/?page_id=1091"},"modified":"2016-01-18T09:12:02","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T09:12:02","slug":"revise-writing-word-equations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hyndsecchemu1hwrk\/revise-writing-word-equations\/","title":{"rendered":"Revise Writing Word Equations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Equations in Chemistry are written in the form:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Reactants<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u2192 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000\">Products<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">It is important that the arrow is included. \u00a0The arrow means reacts to form. \u00a0An equals sign must NEVER be used as the reactants are NOT the same as the Products.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">When given a question and asked to write a word equation it is a good idea to underline the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;text-decoration: underline\">reactants<\/span><\/span><\/strong> in the questions, and write them on the left side of the equation. \u00a0It is not always the case that the reactants are named fist in the description given, so care must be taken to ensure that the correct chemicals are underlined. \u00a0If more than one reactant is used, each reactant needs to be separated by a plus (+) sign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The two sides of the equation are linked by an arrow, so draw the arrow next.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Using a different coloured pencil if possible, underline the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #008000;text-decoration: underline\">products<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and write them on the right hand side of the equation. \u00a0Again if there is more than one product, each product is 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It is important that the arrow is included. \u00a0The arrow means reacts to form. \u00a0An equals sign must NEVER be used as the reactants are NOT the same as the Products. 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