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    The document discusses five indicators that a chemical reaction has occurred: 1) A precipitate, which is a solid formed when two liquids react and does not dissolve in the mixture. 2) A color change, such as a unexpected color produced when combining two substances. 3) The formation of a gas, visible as bubbles or soluble in the reaction mixture. 4) A change in temperature of the reaction mixture not due to an external heat source. 5) The reaction products cannot easily be reversed back to the original substances.

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    A chemical reaction happens between two substances which are able to form chemical
    bonds to create one or more entirely new materials. The new substance has different
    properties than either of the original substances and also has a different energy content.
    When a chemical reaction takes place, more than one of five indicators will be present.

    Precipitate
    A precipitate is a solid which is formed when two liquids are combined and then react. It
    is a different substance to either of the reactants and does not dissolve in the reaction
    mixture. It may either sink to the bottom or remain suspended within the solution. The
    precipitate can generally be identified by looking at solubility rules: Certain groups of
    compounds are soluble in water, whereas others aren't.

    Color
    Color changes are commonplace when substances are combined, but one of the
    identifying factors of a chemical reaction is an unexpected color change. For example, it
    would be expected that a blue and a yellow liquid would combine to produce a green
    liquid. However, if the same two liquids created a red product, that would be evidence of
    a chemical reaction. This can happen between two liquids and also when a solid
    dissolves into a liquid.

    Gas
    A gas can be formed when two liquids are combined, or when a solid is added to a
    liquid. Sometimes this gas has an odor and other times it doesn't. It is generally visible as
    bubbles rising to the surface of the reaction mixture, but the gas can also be soluble. If
    this is the case it is generally very difficult to see its formation in the mixture.

    Temperature
    It is very common for the substances involved in a chemical reaction to produce a change
    in temperature. This does not come from an external heat source, but instead is generated
    by an energy change within the reaction. The chemical change can cause either an
    increase or a decrease in the temperature of the reaction mixture.

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    Reversal
    With a chemical reaction, the outcome is very difficult or impossible to reverse. This is
    one of the easiest ways to tell the difference between a reaction which is purely physical
    and one in which chemical changes have taken place. For example, water can undergo
    several physical changes. It can be ice, water or steam and to move from one state to
    another it is frozen, melted or boiled. These are all easily reversible. In a chemical
    reaction there is a change to the chemical composition of the substances which is not so
    easy to reverse.

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