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Lesson: Chapter 16 — Changes of Matter

16.1. The four types of reaction 6 of 8

Question 6

When do we call a reaction a decomposition?

The right answer is the one marked above.

When there is only one substance on the left. A single compound breaks into several substances, so there is exactly one reactant.

One substance on the right makes it a combination, lone elements on both sides a single displacement, and compounds only a double displacement.

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