Explain that in most chemical reactions, two or more substances, called reactants, interact to create different substances called products. Tell students that burning a candle is an example of a ...

Objective Students will be able to explain that for a chemical reaction to take place, the bonds between atoms in the reactants are broken, the atoms rearrange, and new bonds between the atoms are ...

It is also shown that the optical activity of all reactants can be simultaneously measured using a cobalt metal complex. Credit: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2025).

A chemical equation is helpful to understand a chemical reaction in an easy way. In a chemical equation the masses of reactants and products may or may not be equal.

Symbol equations are a quick way of representing chemical reactions. They show us what atoms are involved and how they are bonded together. Symbol equations always take the form, reactants → ...

The intense electric fields generated by peeling tape can produce ‘microlightning’ that can ionise reactants and drive ...

A new study has identified the significance of a new class of chemical reactions -- previously ignored -- involving three molecules that each participate in the breaking and forming of chemical bonds.

Chemical Equations A chemical equation is a mathematical statement that symbolises the product formation from reactants while stating certain conditions for how the reaction has been conducted.

Reactants and Products Reactants: Reactants are the substances present before a chemical reaction takes place. They are written on the left side of a chemical equation.