C5 - chemical changes Flashcards
what are ores
rocks from which it is economical to extract the metals they have
what happens to many metals in ores
they become oxidised
how do you extract metals from oxides
reduce (remove the oxygen) the metal oxides
what is the reactivity series
a list of metals in order of their reactivity with most reactive at the top and least at the bottom
what are the two ways metal reactivity is ordered
reaction with water
reaction with a dilute acid (when reaction with water is slow)
what is the full reactivity series
potassium
sodium
lithium
calcium
magnesium
aluminium
(carbon)
zinc
iron
tin
lead
(hydrogen)
copper
silver
gold
how do potassium, sodium, lithium, and calcium react with water
fizz, give off hydrogen gas, leave an alkaline solution of metal hydroxide
how do magnesium, aluminium, zinc and iron react with water
very slow reaction
how do tin and lead react with water
slight reaction with steam
how do copper silver and gold react with water
no reaction at all
how do potassium sodium and lithium react with dilute acid
explode
how do calcium magnesium aluminium zinc tin and iron react with dilute acid
fizz
give off hydrogen gas
form a salt
how do tin and lead react with dilute acid
react slowly with warm acid
how do copper silver and gold react with dilute acid
no reaction
define a displacement reaction
a more reactive metal will displace a less reactive metal from an aqueous solution of one of its salts
what does an ionic equation show
only the atoms and ions that change in a reaction
what is oxidation
the loss of electrons