Question

Name the following:

A symbolic representation of a chemical reaction.

Answer 1

• Chemical equation is a symbolic representation of a chemical reaction.
• In a chemical equation, the reactants are written on the left-hand side and the products are written on the right-hand side and separated by an arrow.
• For example: $\underset{\mathrm{Reactants}}{\mathrm{A}+\mathrm{B}}\to \underset{\mathrm{Products}}{\mathrm{C}+\mathrm{D}}$

Hence, a symbolic representation of a chemical reaction is called chemical equation.