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Patterns Of Reactivity Flashcards

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Do all metals react with acid

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No, some don’t like silver and copper

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What are the metals in order from most to least reactive

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Potassium, sodium, lithium, calcium, magnesium, aluminium, zinc, iron, tin, lead, copper, silver, gold

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What is the mnemonic to remember the order of reactivity

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Please send little Charlie’s monkeys and zebras in tall lead cages securely guarded.

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What is metal+ oxygen

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Metal oxide

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What happens when copper is heated with oxygen

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The reddish brown copper turns black

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What happens when iron is heated with oxygen

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Orange sparks

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What happens when magnesium is heated with oxygen

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Bright white light formed a white powder

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Put these in order of most to least reactive
Iron magnesium and copper

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Magnesium then iron then copper

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Magnesium + oxygen=

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Magnesium oxide

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Iron+ oxygen =

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Iron oxide

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Copper+ oxygen =

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Copper oxide

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What safety precautions should you use when alkali metals react with water

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Safety screen
Safety glasses
Metals stored under oil

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Why are lithium, sodium and potassium under oil in their jars in the experiment

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They could react with the water/moisture up in the air

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List these from most to least reactive
Sodium, lithium, potassium

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Potassium then sodium then lithium

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Finish this equation
Metal+ water

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Metal + water -> metal hydroxide + hydrogen

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How does copper react with water

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Doesn’t react

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How does magnesium react with water

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A few bubbles of gas, reacts slowly

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How does calcium react with water

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Sinks and rises, bubbles of gas, vigorous reaction, calcium disappears

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What 2 things are produced when metals react with water

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Metal hydroxide and hydrogen

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What’s M.A.S.H?

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Metal + acid —> salt + hydrogen

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Shat is usually produced when a metal reacts with an acid?

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Salt and hydrogen gas ( you hear a squeaky pop)

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Which metals should you not put in acid and why

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Potassium , sodium and lithium.
They are explosive

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What was surprising about aluminium and water

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Aluminium is high on the reactive series but it took 10 minutes before it started bubbling lots and turning grey.

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Why is aluminium good for greenhouses

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It resists corrosion as it forms a protective oxide layer on its surface and this protects the aluminium. Costed in aluminium oxide

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What happens with potassium and water
Moves across the surface and catches fire. Reacts violently. Burns with lilac flame.
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What happens with magnesium and water
A few bubbles form in the surface. Reacts slowly
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What happens with lead and water
No change. No reaction
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What can be used to speed up a reaction
A catalyst is a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without itself being consumed during the reaction
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What do bubbles in test tubes tell us about the reactivity of the metal in it
That it reacts with acid to produce a hydrogen gas
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What’s the word equation for the reaction of metal with dilute acid
Metal + acid —> salt + hydrogen
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What’s the word equation for the reaction between magnesium and sulphuric acid
Magnesium + sulfuric acid —> magnesium sulfate + hydrogen
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What happens when you put a copper strip into silver nitrate solution and why
Silver crystals form on the piece of copper and the colourless solution turned slightly blue/green The copper is displacing silver from its compound as it’s more reactive than silver.
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What’s a word equation for copper and silver nitrate
Silver nitrate+ copper —> copper nitrate + silver
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Word equation for magnesium and iron sulfate and what happens
Magnesium + iron sulfate —> magnesium sulfate + iron Black solid forms
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What is displacement
When a more reactive metal takes the place of a less reactive metal from its compound
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How can we tell when displacement has happened
Colour changes , fizzing , heat
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What are ships built from and why
Steel because it’s strong, cheap and readily available
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What’s steel made from
Iron ( extracted from iron oxide)
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Complete the word equation Iron + water + oxygen
Iron + water + oxygen —> hydrated iron + oxide
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Why isn’t gold a good alternative to steel
It’s too soft and expensive
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What is stainless steel and does it rust
Made by adding chromium to steel Doesn’t rust
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When do we use aluminium instead of steel
When it needs to be lightweight
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What’s copper used for
Water pipes and wires
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What would happen to an iron nail in water and oxygen
Lots of rust
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What would happen to an iron nail in oxygen and calcium chloride ( drying agent)
No rust
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What would happen to an iron nail in water and no oxygen
A little bit of rust as it’s hard to get all the oxygen out
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What would happen to an iron nail in water , oxygen and if it’s galvanised with zinc
No rust
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Chemical name for rust
Hydrated iron (iii) oxide
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What are the 2 conditions required for rusting
Oxygen and water
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What are some methods of preventing rust and when could you use them
Painting - gate. Oiling- machinery. Plastic coating . Galvanising-iron nail . Sacrificial protection - hull of a ship.
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How does a plastic coating help prevent rust
Presents air and moisture reaching the iron
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What’s galvanising
When iron objects are coated with a more reactive metal like zinc or chromium
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What’s the cheapest method of preventing rust
Painting or oiling
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Why was silver used to make coins
It’s not reactive and it’s cheap
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Why is copper used to make electrical wires and cables
Cheap, not reactive , ductile, good conductor of electricity
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Word equation for magnesium and copper sulfate
Magnesium + copper sulfate —> magnesium sulfate + copper
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Why wouldn’t a nail rust when it’s covered in zinc or magnesium
Because zinc and magnesium are more reactive than iron
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Put these in order from most to least reactive Nickel , magnesium, copper, zinc
Magnesium, zinc, nickel, copper
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Finish the word equation Calcium+ water—
Calcium+ water — calcium hydroxide + hydrogen
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Word equation for potassium and water
Potassium + water — potassium hydroxide + hydrogen
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Word equation for magnesium and water
Magnesium + water — magnesium hydroxide+ hydrogen
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An example of when you should use sacrificial protection?
When attaching zinc bars to ships. The water will react with the zinc before the iron because zinc is more reactive than iron.
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What metals won’t prevent a nail from rusting
Copper and silver
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What does rust do to steel
Flake, weak , dangerous
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Finish this reaction Iron + copper sulfate
Iron + copper sulfate — iron sulfate + copper
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What does copper sulfate look like with A. Zinc B. Iron C. Magnesium
In all of them copper forms and the blue solution fades
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What happens to magnesium sulfate with Zinc Iron Copper
Nothing happens
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What happens to iron sulfate with… Zinc Magnesium Copper
With zinc and magnesium, a black solid forms. Nothing happens with copper
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What happens to zinc sulfate with… Iron Copper Magnesium
Iron and copper- nothing happens. With magnesium a dark grey solid forms

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