Metals And The Electrochemical Series Flashcards
What members of the electrochemical series react with water?
Above and including Calcium.
What members of the electrochemical series react with acids?
Above and including lead.
What members of the electrochemical series react with oxygen?
Above and including silver.
What members of the electrochemical series can be extracted from ore with just heat?
Silver to Mercury
What members of the electrochemical chemical series are extracted from ore by heating with carbon or carbon monoxide?
Copper to zinc
What members of the electrochemical series must be extracted from ore by molten electrolysis?
Above and including aluminium.
Why are electrolytes needed for electrochemical cells?
To complete the circuit.
Why are metals conductive?
Because their electrons are delocalised.
Metal + water
Metal hydroxide and hydrogen
Metal + acid
Salt and hydrogen
