chpt. 3.1 -- stoichiometry - calculations with chemical formulas and equations

This is intro. to Chemistry class notes on stoichiometry - calculations with chemical formulas and equations. This document goes into detail about stoichiometry, chemical equations describing the process of a chemical reaction, how stoichiometry is important and necessary for balancing and quantifying reactions, understanding and using stoichiometry, chemical equations keeping track of all atoms in a reaction, changing coefficients and subscripts altering equations in different ways, the information we can get from a chemical equation, the steps to balancing chemical equations, combination reactions (going from simpler to more complex), decomposition reactions (going from simpler to more complex), single displacement reactions (moving one element type or ion), double displacement reactions, and combustion reactions (using oxygen to break up organic molecules).