reactant
Transformation's starting material
A reactant is a substance that participates in a chemical reaction, transformed into something else by the process.
Reactants appear on the left side of a chemical equation, before the arrow: Hydrogen and oxygen are the reactants that combine to form water.
The term belongs to chemistry and related sciences.
Substance prompting chemical change
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- compoundCombined into one
- moleculeBonded atomic group
- productManufactured item for sale
intermediate · stoichiometry · catalyst · element · synthesis · concentration · precipitate · analyte
Act of changing states
- productManufactured item for sale
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
combustion · polymerization · hydrolysis · oxidation · reduction · precipitation · neutralization · dissociation
reagent
Substance prompting chemical change
product · intermediate · stoichiometry · catalyst · element · synthesis · concentration · precipitate · analyte · solvent
conversion
Act of changing states
decomposition · combustion · polymerization · hydrolysis · oxidation · reduction · precipitation · neutralization · dissociation · ionization
chemical
Substance with defined composition
hydrocarbon · ion · isotope · solute · buffer · alkali · anhydride · ester · amine · sulfate
- Fuel Cellshydrogen fuel cell, anode, cathode, membrane, catalyst
- chemical reactionscondensation, combustion, oxidation, hydrolysis, oxidation-reduction
reactantproduct
Manufactured item for sale
end product · resultant · yield · derivative · byproduct