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Metals and Reactivity
Quick questions on The reactivity series: N(A)-Level Chemistry
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What is reaction with water?Show answer
How a metal reacts with water shows its place near the top:
What is reaction with dilute acid?Show answer
How a metal reacts with acid also shows its reactivity:
What is q1?Show answer
State which of these metals reacts with cold water: copper, sodium, iron. [1 mark]
What is q2?Show answer
Explain why zinc displaces copper from copper(II) sulfate solution but copper does not displace zinc from zinc sulfate solution. [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
A metal does not react with dilute hydrochloric acid. State what this tells you about its position in the reactivity series. [1 mark]
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