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  2. Water-reactive substances - Wikipedia

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    Water-reactive substances [1] are those that spontaneously undergo a chemical reaction with water, often noted as generating flammable gas. [2] Some are highly reducing in nature. [ 3 ] Notable examples include alkali metals , lithium through caesium , and alkaline earth metals , magnesium through barium .

  3. Chemical reaction - Wikipedia

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    In the reaction, sodium metal goes from an oxidation state of 0 (a pure element) to +1: in other words, the sodium lost one electron and is said to have been oxidized. On the other hand, the chlorine gas goes from an oxidation of 0 (also a pure element) to −1: the chlorine gains one electron and is said to have been reduced.

  4. Chemical substance - Wikipedia

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    Steam and liquid water are two different forms of the same pure chemical substance, water. A chemical substance is a unique form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties. [1] [2] Chemical substances may take the form of a single element or chemical compounds.

  5. Reactivity series - Wikipedia

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    reacts with cold water Electrolysis (a.k.a. electrolytic refining) Rubidium Rb Rb + Potassium K K + Sodium Na Na + Lithium Li Li + Barium Ba Ba 2+ Strontium Sr Sr 2+ Calcium Ca Ca 2+ Magnesium Mg Mg 2+ reacts very slowly with cold water, but rapidly in boiling water, and very vigorously with acids: Beryllium Be Be 2+ reacts with acids and steam ...

  6. Reactivity (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    The chemical reactivity of a substance can refer to the variety of circumstances (conditions that include temperature, pressure, presence of catalysts) in which it reacts, in combination with the: variety of substances with which it reacts, equilibrium point of the reaction (i.e., the extent to which all of it reacts), and; rate of the reaction.

  7. Chemical compound - Wikipedia

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    [16] [17] [18] A molecule may be homonuclear, that is, it consists of atoms of one chemical element, as with two atoms in the oxygen molecule (O 2); or it may be heteronuclear, a chemical compound composed of more than one element, as with water (two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom; H 2 O). A molecule is the smallest unit of a substance that ...

  8. Chemical element - Wikipedia

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    Atoms of one element can be transformed into atoms of a different element in nuclear reactions, which change an atom's atomic number. Historically, the term "chemical element" meant a substance that cannot be broken down into constituent substances by chemical reactions, and for most practical purposes this definition still has validity.

  9. Aqueous solution - Wikipedia

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    This reaction occurs when two aqueous strong electrolyte solutions mix and produce an insoluble solid, also known as a precipitate. The ability of a substance to dissolve in water is determined by whether the substance can match or exceed the strong attractive forces that water molecules generate