Name: Aayush Lal Shrestha

Date: 04/13/2021

Laboratory Instructor: Abdallah Cherif

Activity Series | 8 Pre-Lab Questions

1. What distinguish a metal from a nonmetal?

We can distinguish metals and nonmetals by their physical properties.
Metals are good conductors of heat and electricity but non-metals are poor conductors of heat
and electricity. Metals are ductile in nature i.e. it can be drawn into thin wires. But non-metals

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are not ductile. Metals are malleable but non-metals are not malleable.

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2. What does ionization energy measures?

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Ionization energy is the measure of the difficulty in removing an electron from an atom or ion or

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the tendency of an atom or ion to surrender an electron.
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3. What does electron affinity measure?
The electron affinity of an atom or molecule is defined or measures the amount of energy
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released when an electron is attached to a neutral atom or molecule in the gaseous state to form
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a negative ion.
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4. Why must oxidation be accompanied by a reduction?

Because the molecules lost electrons to oxygen, they have been oxidized; oxidation is therefore
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the loss of electrons. Conversely, because the oxygen atoms have gained electrons, they have
been reduced, so reduction is the gain of electrons. Any oxidation must ALWAYS be accompanied
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by a reduction and vice versa.

5. How do you determine the relative reactivities of metals?

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The relative reactivity of metals can be established by comparing the reaction of each metal with
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a given reagent. A metal might react with a specific reagent or no reaction may occur. On the
other hand, a given metal might react with a specific reagent at a different rate than some other
metal.
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6. Complete and balance the following:

2Mg(s) + O2(g)  2MgO(s)
Zn(s) + 2HCL(aq)  ZnCl2(aq) + H2(g)
Zn(s) + Cu2+(aq)  Za2+(aq) + Cu(s)

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 7. Balance the following reaction and identify the species that have been oxidized and the spices
that have been reduced.

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Reaction Species oxidized Species reduced

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Cl2(g) + I2 (aq)  I2(s) + 2Cl (aq) I- Cl2

WO2(s) + 2H2(g)  W(s) + 2H2O(l) H2 WO2

Ca(s) + 2H2O(l)  H2(g) + Ca(OH)2(s) Ca H2O

2Al(s) + 3O2(g)  Al2O3(s) Al O2

8. Assuming that the following redox reaction are found to occour spontaneously, identify the more
metal in each reaction.

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Reaction Most active metal

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2+ +
2Li(s) + Cu (aq)  2Li (aq) + Cu(s) Li(s)

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3+ 2+ 3+
Cr(s) + 3V (aq)  3V (aq) + Cr (aq) V3+(aq)

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Cd(s) + 2Ti3+(aq)  2Ti2+(aq) + Cd2+(aq) Ti3+(aq)

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