Types of Reactions

Today we learned about three different types of reactions.
These we Synthesis, Decomposition and Single Replacement.


Synthesis: A + B---> AB
Two or more elements combine to form one compound

Decomposition: AB---> A + B
One compound breaks up into two or more elements

Single Replacement: A + BC ---> AC + B   OR  A + BC---> BA + C
A metal always replaces a metal and a non-metal always replaces a non-metal.
A reaction only actually occurs if the element that is replacing the other element is higher on the activity series chart.
This means you will need an activity series chart to do these problems!

Here is a link that has examples for each type of reaction.
http://misterguch.brinkster.net/6typesofchemicalrxn.html

Here is a link to a youtube clip for those of you who are audio-visual learners!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE4668aarck

Here is a photo just for kicks