Define Reactant & product in a chemical equation?

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Reactants are the chemical substances which participate in chemical reactions and forms new substances called as products

Products are the new substances which are formed in the chemical reaction between the reaction between reactants.

$H_{2} + O_{2} \to H_{2} O$

In the Above equation $H_{2}$ and $O_{2}$ are reactants and $H_{2} O$ is the product

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