Symbolic representation of a chemical reaction where the reactant entities are given
on the left hand side and the product entities on the right hand side. The coefficients
next to the symbols and formulae of entities are the absolute values of the
stoichiometric numbers. Different symbols are used to connect the reactants and products with the
following meanings:
for a
stoichiometric relation;
for a net forward reaction;
for a reaction in both directions;
for equilibrium.
Source:
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
