Outcomes

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OUTCOMES At the end of this topic, pupils should be able to:

1 UNDERSTAND that some metals, including transition metals have variable valencies. CC 12.5
NAME compounds formed by these metals.
WRITE the chemical formulae of these compounds.
2 RECALL the meanings of the terms solute, solvent, solution, soluble, insoluble. CC 2.1

3 EXPLAIN that a PRECIPITATION REACTION occurs when an insoluble compound is formed from the reaction of two CC 11.7
solutions.
4 USE the solubility rules to predict the solubility of compounds and the precipitate formed in a given precipitation CC 11.3
reaction.
5 PERFORM experiments to observe precipitation reactions.
6 RECALL the variation in reactivity of different metals with acids. CC 13.2

7 EXPLAIN that a metal displacement reaction occurs when a metal displaces a less active metal from a solution. CC 13.3

8 APPRECIATE that metals can be placed in a ‘reactivity series’. CC 13.4

9 APPLY the reactivity series of metals to predict the occurrence of metal displacement reactions. CC 13.3

10 KNOW that metals can be corroded by the action of oxygen, water and other substances in their surroundings. CC 13.5, 15.4

11 WRITE WORD and BALANCED CHEMICAL EQUATIONS for all the reactions covered in this topic, including those CC 11.6
involving transition metals.
12 CONSTRUCT a metal reactivity series by observing the reactions of various metals with:
• dilute hydrochloric and dilute sulfuric acids
• water (demo only)
13 PERFORM experiments to observe metal displacement reactions.

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Transition Metal Naming

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Transition metal naming
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Solubility

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Solutions

1. the solute has ‘disappeared’

2. the solution is the same throughout
3. the solution is clear ( not necessarily colourless)
4. no substance settles out on standing

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Dissolving

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Solid dissolving into a solution

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Soluble/Insoluble

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Dilute/concentrated solutions

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Saturated/Unsaturated solutions

The graph shows that more sucrose

(table sugar) dissolves in water as the
temperature of the water increases.
The graph also show that while more
sodium chloride (table salt) dissolves
in water as the temperature of the
water increases, the increase is very
small.

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Precipitation Reaction

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Examples of precipitation reactions

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Precipitation

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Filtration

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Crash course precipitation

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Precipitation reaction explained

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General chemical equation

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Example

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Determining solubility of the products

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Simple solubility rules

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Alternative Solubility Rules

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Alternative Solubility Rules

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Alternative solubility tables

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Metal reactivity

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Metal Reactivity

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Very active metals with water

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Very active metals with water

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Very active metals with water

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Very active metals with water

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Metal acid reactions

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Reactivity series

Metal with
Metal with dilute Metal heated
Reactivity Metal order water hydrochloric in air
acid
K React with Violent Burn to form
Most Na cold water reaction oxide but with
Ca decreasing
Mg Protected by React ,but with vigour
Al an oxide layer decreasing
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Zn React with
Fe steam
Pb React slowly
Cu No reaction
Ag with either No reaction Do not react
Pt water or steam with air
Least Au

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Metal displacement
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Metal displacement reactions

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Displacement reaction

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Sample metal displacement reaction

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Example

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Displacement of copper by silver

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