Chemistry·Metals · NSSCO 9.2
The reactivity series
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Some metals explode in water; others never even tarnish. The reactivity series ranks metals from most to least reactive. Learn the order, how metals react with water, steam and acid, how a more reactive metal displaces a less reactive one, and how to deduce the order from experiment.
What you'll learn in this lesson
By the end you should be able to (NSSCO Chemistry 9.2):
- Place metals in order of reactivity: K, Na, Ca, Mg, Al, (C), Zn, Fe, Sn, Pb, (H), Cu, Ag, Au, Pt
- Reference the reactions of metals with water or steam, dilute hydrochloric acid, and the aqueous ions of other metals
- Deduce an order of reactivity from a given set of experimental results
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