What's the difference between a word equation and a formula equation?

a, Word Equations give quantitative information about the reaction

b ,Word equations give qualitative information about the reaction.

c, word equations and formula equations are the same

b ,Word equations give qualitative information about the reaction.

Explanation:

Word equation can give only qualitative information about reactants and products. While formula equation gives quantitative information about reactant and products.

For example:

Photosynthesis reaction:

It is the process in which in the presence of sun light and chlorophyll by using carbon dioxide and water plants produce the oxygen and glucose.

Word equation:

Carbon dioxide + water  →   glucose + oxygen

water is supplied through the roots, carbon dioxide collected through stomata and sugar and oxygen are formed. This equation only provide the qualitative data which type of reactants and product are present.

Formula equation:

6H₂O + 6CO₂  →   C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂

water and carbon dioxide react to form sugar and oxygen.

it is known from balanced chemical equation that 6 moles of carbon dioxide react with the six moles of water and created one mole of glucose and six mole of oxygen.

in 1783 cavendish was working with his hydrogen gas and found that when he burned it and condensed the vapor it was water. this was very significant since it disproved the greek theory of elements completely since water was not a simple substance but the product of two gases. it was lavoisier who hearing of the experiment gave cavendish's gas the name hydrogen ("water-producer") and added that hydrogen burned by combining with oxygen and that water was a hydrogen-oxygen combination.

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