Reactivity Series Tuesday 27th January 2015

Keywords: Copper, reactive, displacement, Calcium, Magnesium pages 128-129

DNA: Write in your book: What is the formula for Potassium Chloride?
Potassium + chlorine = Potassium chloride
This is a balanced equation.

Below are a series of possible reactions.

Try to work out which is the most reactive?
Number Metal 1 vs. Metal 2 The most reactive metal wins
1 Lead vs. Zinc Zinc
2 Magnesium vs. Hydrogen magnesium
3 Calcium vs. Lead calcium
4 Copper vs. Gold copper
5 Silver vs. Calcium calcium
6 Potassium vs. Carbon potassium
7 Carbon vs. Calcium calcium

8 Hydrogen vs. Carbon carbon

You are a Chemist working for a company that makes different compounds. Your job is to find out which of the
following metals are displace (take over) the non-metal:
Compound + Metal Displacement or No Displacement Explanation

1 Magnesium Chloride + Sodium = Sodium Chloride Sodium is more reactive

Magnesium
2 Potassium Chloride + Iron = No displacement Potassium is the most reactive
metal
3 Zinc Chloride + Lead = none Zinc is more reactive

4 Aluminium Chloride + Calcium = Calcium chloride Calcium more reactive

5 Copper Chloride + Silver = none

6 Calcium oxide
7 Gold oxide
8 Lead oxide
9 Aluminium oxide
Copper is more reactive
+ Zinc = Calcium oxide
Calcium more reactive
+ Hydrogen = Hydrogen oxide
Hydrogen is more reactive
+ Carbon = Carbon oxide
Carbon is more reactive
+ Zinc = none Aluminium is more reactive

Now create your own example of a

10 Magnesium nitrate + lithium = Lithium nitrate

Lithium more reactive then
magnesium