What is a reactant in chemistry?

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Mike and mitchell decide to have a foot race. they mark off a stretch of 100 yards, and recruit cindy to work the stopwatch. after running the race and looking at the results, cindy declared that mitchell was the fastest. so how did the boys times compare?

Two metal blocks that have slightly different temperatures are placed next to one another. after five minutes, they both have lower but equal temperatures. according to the law of conservation of energy, what  most likelyhappened? energy was created inside the blocks. energy was destroyed inside the blocks. energy was absorbed into the blocks from outside the system. energy was transferred from the warmer block to the cooler block.

The lattice enthalpy (formation of ionic solid from ions in the gas phase) for agcl(s) is -916 kj/mol and the hydration enthalpy (dissolution of gaseous ions into water) is -850 kj/mol. how much heat (in joules) is involved in forming 1l of saturated agcl solution (1.8 × 10-4 g / 100 ml water) by dissolving agcl(s)? assume solution volume does not change much upon dissolution. the equations are given below. ag+(g) + cl−(g) æ agcl(s)