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No, the substance to the right of the arrow in a chemical equation is called a product. Reactants are located to the left of the arrow.
The substance formed during a reaction and found on the right side of the arrow in a chemical reaction is called a product.
The compounds to the left of the arrow in a chemical reaction are called reactants. They are the starting materials that undergo a chemical change to form new substances.
Chemical equation
When writing a chemical equation, an arrow pointing up would indicate that a gas is going to bubble out of the solution. An arrow pointing down indicates that some product will precipitate out of the solution.