Sorry if this is a stupid question. I was curious if anybody could explain or link to an article that would explain how to predict the product of a reaction? I know how to balance chemical equations but I have never gotten this. Thanks in advance

Given what data? The product of a given chemical reaction may depend not just on the atoms contained in the reactants but also on the temperature, pressure, what catalysts are present (in particular whether the reactants are dissolved in water or other liquid), etc.

Sorry if this is a stupid question. I was curious if anybody could explain or link to an article that would explain how to predict the product of a reaction? I know how to balance chemical equations but I have never gotten this. Thanks in advance

Here below is a pretty cool site where you can brush up on writing equations and also have your work checked. There's some short interactive quizzes as well. Make sure to check out the ChemBalancer feature, that will show your equations and then balance for correct them if needed. I used something very similar in undergrad school with my lower level Chemistry courses.

 

 

http://www.ric.edu/faculty/ptiskus/Chem_Review/

Given what data? The product of a given chemical reaction may depend not just on the atoms contained in the reactants but also on the temperature, pressure, what catalysts are present (in particular whether the reactants are dissolved in water or other liquid), etc.

In my case I would know almost all of the data, I am doing this for fun and just trying to explore chemistry. So I would know all of the data that could be easily aquired.