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Question
(a) What is synthesis?
(b) What kind of chemical reaction is synthesis? Support your answer by an example.
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Solution
(a) A reaction in which two or more substances combine together to form a single substance is called a synthesis or combination reaction.
A + B → AB
In the above reaction, substances A and B combine to give a molecule of a new substance, AB.
(b) Carbon burns in oxygen to form a gaseous compound, carbon dioxide.
\[\ce{C + O2 -> CO2}\]
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