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Reactant
01
a substance that takes part in and undergoes a chemical reaction, leading to the formation of new products
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
reactants
Examples
In photosynthesis, carbon dioxide ( CO₂ ) and water ( H₂O ) are the reactants that, in the presence of sunlight, produce glucose ( C₆H₁₂O₆ ) and oxygen ( O₂ ).
