Types of Reactions

Jamie Z 2024-06-11

Learning Goals

• Identify types of chemical reactions as single displacement, double displacement, synthesis and decomposition

Combustion

• Exothermic reaction releasing a lot of energy by a substance combusting
• A lot of heat is produced when a substance combusts
• Oxygen is required

\[ Fuel\ + oxygen=carbon\ dioxide \ + water \]

Decomposition

• Compound breaks into smaller parts such as compounds or elements

  (A)(B) ———> (A) + (B)

• You can have multiple products but one reactant

Synthesis

• Multiple reactants combine to form a single product

  (A) + (B) ———> (A)(B)

Single Displacement

• Form of substitute reaction. If a compound has two parts, a single displacement reaction is one of those parts is swapped for a new part

Double Displacement

• Two compound (ionic compound) reacts with another two part compound. Both compounds break apart, then rearrange in a different order