2. CHEMICAL REACTION :-
THE PROCESS IN WHICH THE SUBSTANCES TAKEN (REACTANTS) LOOSE
THEIR NATURE AND IDENTITY TO FORM A NEW CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE
WITH DIFFERENT CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
CHEMICAL EQUATION :-
THE REPRESENTATION OF A CHEMICAL REACTION BY USING THE
SYMBOLS AND FORMULAE OF THE DIFFERENT REACTANTS AND
PRODUCTS IS CALLED AS CHEMICAL EQUATION
3. BALANCED & UNBALANCED CHEMICAL EQUATION
AN EQUATION IN WHICH THE NUMBER OF ATOMS OF EACH ELEMENT ARE
EQUAL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION IS CALLED A BALANCED
CHEMICAL EQUATION.
IF THE NUMBER OF ATOMS OF EACH
ELEMENT ARE NOT EQUAL ON BOTH THE
SIDES OF THE EQUATION THEN IT IS CALLED
UNBALANCED OR SKELETAL EQUATION.
12. ENDOTHERMIC REACTION
A REACTION IN WHICH ENERGY IS ABSORBED
FROM ITS SURROUNDING; USUALLY, BUT NOT
ALWAYS , IN THE FORM OF HEAT. THIS TYPE OF
REACTION IS CALLED ENDOTHERMIC REACTION.
17. DOUBLE DISPLACEMENT REACTION
THESE ARE THE REACTIONS IN WHICH TWO IONIC
COMPOUNDS IN A SOLUTION EXCHANGE THEIR IONS
TO FORM NEW COMPOUND. ONE OF THE PRODUCTS
IS A PRECIPITATE OR A GAS.
19. OXIDATION AND REDUCTION
OXIDATION
IT IS DEFINE AS A PROCESS WHICH INVOLVES
GAIN OF OXYGEN
LOSS OF HYDROGEN
REDUCTION
IT IS DEFINE AS A PROCESS WHICH INVOLVES
GAIN OF HYDROGEN
LOSS OF OXYGEN
21. CORROSION
THE PROCESS OF SLOWLY EATING UP OF THE METALS DUE TO
THE ATTACK OF ATMOSPHERIC GASES SUCH AS OXYGEN ,
CARBON DIOXIDE , HYDROGEN SULPHITE , WATER VAPOUR
ETC ON THE SURFACE OF THE METAL INTO OXIDE ,
CARBONATE SULPHITE ETC IS KNOWN AS CORROSION.
22. EXAMPLE OF CORROSION
THE MOST COMMON EXAMPLE OF CORROSION IS RUSTING OF IRON. THIS
HAPPENS WHEN A IRON NAIL OR ARTICLE
REMAINS EXPOSED TO MOIST AIR FOR A LONG TIME , ITS SURFACE IS
COVERED WITH A BROWN FLAKY SUBSTANCE CALLED RUST. IT IS FORMED
DUE TO ATTACK OF ATMOSPHERIC GASES IN THE AIR ON THE SURFACE OF
IRON NAIL OR ARTICLE.
23. RANCIDITY
THE OXIDATION OF OILS OR FATS IN A FOOD
CONTAINING OIL OR FAT RESULTING INTO A
BAD SMELL AND BAD TASTE IS CALLED
RANCIDITY
24. EXAMPLES OF RANCIDITY
IF CHIPS OR ANY OILY FOOD REMAINS EXPOSED IN THE MOIST AIR
THEN THE OILY FOOD WILL BE OXIDISED AND AS A RESULT A BAD
SMELL AND BAD TASTEWILL BE THEIR IN THE FOOD. TO PREVENT
CHIPS LIKE PRODUCTS FROM RANCIDITY NITROGEN GAS IS
FILLED IN THE PACKETS DURING PACKAGING .