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Exothermic reaction |
Releaset heat energy |
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Endothermic reaction |
Gets colder or heat is taken in |
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Thermal decompisition |
The breakdown of a compound knto simoler substances by heating |
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Combustion |
Substance reacts with air or oxygen giving out enough heat to keep the reaction going |
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Oxidation and reduction |
Oxidation happens when a substance gains oxygen (carbon-> carbon dioxide ) Reduction happens when a substance loses oxygen (iron oxide-> iron) |
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Displacement reactions |
Some more reactive metals can replace a less reactive metal in a compound Methods: heating,placing a more reactive metal into the solution of a less reactive metal compound |
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Neutralisation reactions |
An acid and a base react to form watwr and salt |
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Precipitation reactions |
Two solutions are mixed together and produce an insoluble SOLID which forms a SUSPENSION |
