Prelab|Chemical Reactions| Introduction

Chemical reactions can be classified into 6 basic types:

1. Combination (CA)
2. Decomposition (D)
3. Combustion (CU)
4. Double Replacement - precipitation (DR-ppt)
5. Double Replacement - neutralization (DR-n)
6. Single Replacement (SR)

General patterns associated with the reactants and/or products can be used to help the chemist identify reaction types.  This laboratory experiment will focus on the identification/classification of several reactions based on observation of the reactions themselves and inspection of the reaction equations.