This symbol <– –> indicates: A. an incomplete combustion reaction. B. that heat must be applied. C. that a gas is formed by the reaction. D. that the reaction is reversible.
That symbol, <--> indicates resonance, it is another valid structural representation of a molecule (although usually one is more valid than the other but that depends, that is not the case for some aromatic molecules) |dw:1420074281437:dw| If this is the symbol you mean, it means equilibrium, which just means that the reactants and products exist in a certain detectable proportion |dw:1420074354550:dw| this means that all reactants have been used to form products
an equilibrium reaction can also be denoted as reversible
note my explanation of the resonance arrow is kind of a quick breeze through dont hold it to be absolutely accurate
<--> also means reversible in theory all chemical reactions can be reversed
<---> is strictly for resonance nincompoop, people use it as a short cut on the internet because people are too lazy to look up ⇌
I guess it doest accept text equilibrium arrows
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