Answer:
Reactants is the starting substance in a chemical reaction
Explanation:
Reactants are chemical substance that is consumed in a chemical reaction to produce a new substance known as product. The reactant is the starting substance of all chemical reaction. Without the reactant the product cannot be formed.
The reactants are usually located on the left hand side of a chemical equation while the product is located at the right hand side of a chemical equation.
A chemical equation between the reaction of an acid like HCl and a base like NaOH can be written as follow
HCl(aq) + NaOH(aq) → NaCl(aq) + H2O(l)
The Hydrochloric acid and the sodium hydroxide is the reactants of the equation above. The salt, Sodium chloride and water is the product of the chemical reaction.
