Assignment - Find an Interesting Chemical Reaction

Search the Internet to find a chemical reaction that interests you. You will lead a demonstration of the chemical reaction in our classroom, so no producing chlorine gas, or anything unsafe like that.

For your reaction, I would like to know the following 6 things:

  1. The name of the reaction (if there is a name - some reactions do not have names)
  2. A link to the webpage where you found the chemical reaction.
  3. Write out the chemical names of each reactant (chemical that is consumed in the reaction) and each product (chemical that is produced by the reaction).
  4. For each reactant and product, identify it as an atom, covalent compound, ionic compound, or other molecules.
  5. Write out the chemical equation for the reaction.
  6. Is the reaction exothermic (releases energy) or endothermic (absorbs energy)?

For example, my reaction is the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. It uses a catalyst to speed up the reaction, but catalysts are never involved in the chemical reaction itself, so I do not include it in my answers.

  1. Decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?foo=bar&v=3Tn-7JcZJuQ

  3. Reactant: hydrogen peroxide
    Products: liquid water, oxygen gas
  4. Hydrogen peroxide: covalent compound
    Water: covalent compound
    Oxygen gas: covalent compound
  5. 2 H2O2 --> 2 H2O + O2
  6. Exothermic