Chemical Reactions

Contents

Preface
Lesson.1 Chemical Reactions.
Lesson.2 Thermal decomposition reactions.
Lesson.3 Substitution reactions

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Preface

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Lesson.1 Chemical Reactions

Chemical reaction

It is the breaking up of bonds in molecules of the reactants and formation of new bonds in the molecules of products from the reaction.

Chemical reactions play an important role in our daily life as in the following examples :

Burning of car fuel in the car engine generates power which makes car move.

Plants make their food through photosynthesis process which depends mainly on the reaction of carbon dioxide with water.

Medicine, fertilizers and artificial fibers and examples of outcomes of some chemical reactions.

Types of chemical reactions

First. Thermal decomposition reactions.

Second. Substitution reactions.

Third. Oxidation and reduction reactions

Lesson.2 Thermal decomposition reactions.

Thermal decomposition reactions

They are the reactions which involve the breaking up of the compounds by the effect of heat into its simple elements or simpler compounds than the original ones.

- Decomposition reaction can be represented as shown in the following figure.

heat

We will study some activities to discover the thermal decomposition reactions:

Activity

1- The thermal decomposition of mercuric oxide ( HgO )

Procedure:
1- Put a little amount of red mercuric oxide in a clean test tube.
2- Heat the content of the test tube by using a flame.
3- Approach a lighted stick of match close to the opening of a tube.

Observation:
- A silvery precipitate is formed at the bottom of the tube.
- The burning match glows more.

Explanation:
Red mercuric oxide decomposes by heat into mercury ( silvery precipitate at the bottom of the tube ) and oxygen ( which increases the flame of match ).