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Lab:Displacement reactions between metals and their salts
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| Displacement reactions between metals and their salts |
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| About this lab |
| Duration: 30-35 mins No. of parts: 1 RSC Practical Chemistry?: Yes |
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Some metals are more reactive than others. In this experiment, a strip of metal is added to a solution of a compound of another metal. A more reactive metal displaces (pushes out) a less reactive metal from its compound. In carrying out the experiment, students investigate competition reactions of metals and arrive at a reactivity series of the four metals they use.
- Resources
- Student experiment; also available in PDF format
- Teacher and technician notes on the experiment; also available in PDF format
Reference
This experiment has been adapted from Practical Chemistry: http://practicalchemistry.org/experiments/displacement-reactions-between-metals-and-their-salts,304,EX.html
Useful Resources
A number of other experiments on the website also illustrate the competition principle.
Examples include:
- Experiment 38: Competition for oxygen
- Experiment 40: Extracting metals with charcoal
- Experiment 42: The reaction between zinc and copper oxide
- Experiment 43: The Thermite reaction
