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The reactivity series
A 4 × 4 set of test tubes. In each tube a metal strip is placed in a solution of another metal's salt. A more reactive metal displaces a less reactive one from its salt — you can watch which combinations react.
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Click any cell in the matrix to drop the metal into the solution.
Exam-style questions
1. After testing all 16 combinations, what is the correct reactivity order (most → least)?
2. Why does copper metal go BLUE when placed in silver nitrate solution?
3. Why does magnesium NOT react with magnesium sulfate solution?
4. Ionic half-equation for the reaction between zinc and copper(II) sulfate: