Reactivity (chemistry)

Proclivity of a chemical substance to undergo a reaction

In chemistry, reactivity is the impulse for which a chemical substance undergoes a chemical reaction, either by itself or with other materials, with an overall release of energy. Reactivity refers to: the chemical reactions of a single substance, the chemical reactions of two or more substances that interact with each other, the systematic study of sets of reactions of these two kinds, methodology that applies to the study of reactivity of chemicals of all kinds, experimental methods that are used to observe these processes, and theories to predict and to account for these processes. The chemical reactivity of a single substance (reactant) covers its behavior in which it: decomposes, forms new substances by addition of atoms from another reactant or reactants, and interacts with two or more other reactants to form two or more products.

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