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Reactions: Acid-base
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Preamble: Chemical Reactions
1. Combination/Synthesis
–Combination reactions are ones
where the reactants are two different elements or an element and a compound or two compounds which combine to
produce a single compound.
Element A + Element B à Single
Compound containing A and B
–A metal and a non-metal can
combine to form an ionic compound or two non-metals can combine to form a covalent compound.
–Two metals cannot combine to
form compounds however. (They do mix to give alloys, which is a mixture and not a compound
however.)
Or
Element A + Compound BC à
Single Compound containing A, B & C elements
Or
Compound AB + Compound CD à
Single Compound containing A, B, C & D elements
–Sometimes these reactions are also referred to as a
synthesis reaction.