How Atoms Rearrange During Chemical Reactions
Choose a reaction, then run the model. Students can see reactant particles move together, atoms rearrange, and product particles move away while the graph shows reactant concentrations decreasing and product concentrations increasing in real time.
Balanced chemical equation
Reactants
Atoms rearrange
Products
Conservation of Mass Check
Atoms are not created or destroyed. The same atoms that start in the reactants are rearranged to make the products.
Reactants
Total model mass: 0 units
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Products
Total model mass: 0 units
Mass is conserved because the number and types of atoms are the same on both sides.
