👩🏼🔬 Flashcards
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What is the reactivity series?
A list of metals ordered from most reactive to least reactive.
Which metal does not react with oxygen in the air?
Platinum
What happens to magnesium when it is heated?
It ignites and burns with a brilliant white flame.
List the most reactive metals in the reactivity series.
- Potassium
- Sodium
- Calcium
- Magnesium
- Zinc
- Iron
- Tin
- Copper
- Gold
Fill in the blank: A mnemonic to remember the reactivity series is ‘Pond slime can make a zoo _______’.
interesting
What are displacement reactions?
Chemical reactions involving a metal and a compound containing a different metal.
What are compounds containing metals and non-metals called?
Salts
In a displacement reaction, what occurs?
A less reactive metal is displaced from its compound by a more reactive metal.
True or False: A metal can displace itself from its own salt.
False
Provide an example of a displacement reaction.
Iron oxide + Aluminium → Iron + Aluminium oxide
What happens to the more reactive metal during a displacement reaction?
It becomes less visible as it dissolves into the solution.
What coats the surface of the more reactive metal during a displacement reaction?
The less reactive metal from the salt.
Fill in the blank: Aluminium is more reactive than _______.
Iron
