Unit 4 · Chemical Reactions

Chapter 4.2

Physical Change, Chemical Change, and the Three Kinds of Reaction

Dissolving salt breaks every bond in the crystal, so is it a chemical change? The honest answer is that the line is drawn by what breaks and what forms, and the same question sorts every reaction into three families.

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By the end

  1. 01Decide whether a process is chemical or physical by what bonds or interactions change
  2. 02Classify a reaction as acid–base, oxidation–reduction, or precipitation
  3. 03Assign oxidation numbers to find what is oxidized and reduced
  4. 04Predict a precipitate knowing that sodium, potassium, ammonium, and nitrate salts always dissolve

In unit 4

  1. 4.1Writing What Happened: Evidence, Balanced Equations, and Net Ionic Equations
  2. 4.2Physical Change, Chemical Change, and the Three Kinds of Reaction
  3. 4.3Stoichiometry and Titration: How Much Reacts
  4. 4.4Brønsted–Lowry Acids and Bases: Proton Transfer
  5. 4.5Redox Reactions and Balancing with Half-Reactions
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