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Reading chemical formulae

Reading chemical formulae

A chemical reaction rearranges atoms into new substances. The starting substances are reactants, and the substances formed are products.

3.1 Introducing chemical reactions Lesson

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Step-by-step lessons on OCR GCSE Chemistry 3.1 Introducing chemical reactions, covering 3.1.1 Writing formulae and balanced chemical equations, 3.1.2 Formulae of compounds from ions, and state symbols, 3.1.3 Conservation of mass and observed changes in mass, 3.1.4 Half equations and balanced ionic equations, 3.1.5 The mole and the Avogadro constant, and 3.1.6 Stoichiometry, limiting reactants and reacting masses. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Nail the core quantitative topics — moles, balancing equations and calculations — early on, since they underpin higher-tier questions across every paper and topic.

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