Chemical Reactions: A Wire Of Magnesium With Oxygen
Chapter 13, “Chemical Reactions”, was also of great interest to me. “A change that alters the chemical composition of a substance and hence forms one or more new substances is called a chemical change, or more often, a chemical reaction (James T. Shipman 342).” In this summary paper, I will discuss some of the highlights of the chapter. An awesome example of a chemical reaction is that of photosynthesis, found in green plants. In photosynthesis, plants absorb carbon dioxide gas from the air, with energy from the sun, water from the soil and chlorophyll to make carbohydrates for food. Figure 13.1 – The Reaction of A wire of magnesium with Oxygen (page 342) of the textbook also shows how a wire of magnesium metal and oxygen in the