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Reactants
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The substances we start with. They are written on the left side of the arrow.
2
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Products
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The substances that are created. They are written on the right side of the arrow.
3
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Arrow
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The arrow indicates that a chemical change has occurred.
4
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Coefficients
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The larger-sized numbers that come before a chemical formula. They indicate how many separate instances of substance are present in the reaction.
Example.) 3H (the three)
2
5
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Subscripts
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The smaller numbers that come after an element symbol. These indicate there are multiple instances of the same element within a substance.
Example.) 2NH (the three)
3
6
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States of matter
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The abbreviations that come after each substance in a chemical equation
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