How Do You Write A Chemical Equation?
A chemical equation is used to represent a chemical reaction using symbols. The reactants (starting materials) are written on the left and the products (what you end up with) are written on the right. The reactants and products are separated from each other by an arrow. If there is more than one reactant (or more than one product) they are separated from each other by a plus sign. Coefficients (numbers) are placed in front of substances to show the ratio in which they combine. ex. Sodium and chlorine react with each other to produce sodium chloride.
