Reactivity Series Flashcards
What does the Reactivity Series do?
The Reactivity Series list metals in order of reactivity.
What can it be used for?
It can be used to make predictions about the reactions of each metal.
Name the two non-metals in the Reactivity Series.
Carbon and Hydrogen.
Which metals can be mine by carbon?
Metal below carbon in the reactivity series can be mined from their ores by carbon.
What can Silver and gold be used for because of their low reactivity?
Gold and Silver are ideal for jewelry and electrical contacts.
Lead and copper is useful for … and … because they don’t corrode easily when exposed to air and water.
Roofing and Piping
Iron is used in construction but is reactive to air, which can be applied to the iron to stop it from rusting.
Coat it with oil or paint.
What is the only two metals that don’t react with water or oxygen
Gold and Silver
……… reacts with oxygen making a protective oxide layer that stops further reactions.
Aluminum
Not many metals react with Oxygen to make a metal oxide. True or False.
False, many metals react with oxygen to make a metal oxide.
Name two of the five metals that react with oxygen slowly.
Two of either, Aluminium, Zinc, Iron, Lead, Copper
Zinc + Oxygen =
Zinc oxide
Metals above hydrogen react with water. True or False.
False, As well as Copper, Silver and Gold there is also Lead
Very reactive metals turn into…
Metal hydroxide + hydrogen
Sodium + water =
Sodium hydroxide + hydrogen
