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The formation of a gas in a chemical reaction, due to ions changing places, often indicates that the reaction is which type?

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Step-by-step explanation:

A chemical reaction is defined as a reaction which leads to change in chemical composition of a substance.

During a chemical change there might be evolution of gas which is an indication that composition of reactants has been changed.

For example, precipitation, combustion etc causes chemical changes.


Zn + 2HCl \rightarrow ZnCl_(2) + H_(2)

On the other hand, a change which does not cause any change in chemical composition of the substance is known as a physical change.

For example, size, volume, mass etc are physical changes.

Thus, we can conclude that formation of a gas in a chemical reaction, due to ions changing places, often indicates that the reaction is chemical change.

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A single-displacement reaction, also known as asingle-replacement reaction, is a type of chemicalreaction where an element reacts with a compound and takes the place of another element in that compound. This type of reaction is typically pictured like this: Here, A replaces B in the compound BC.
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