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Investigating The Reactivity Of The Metals Iron, Magnesium, Zinc, Copper And Calcium And Their Reaction With Hydrochloric Acid.
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Investigating The Reactivity Of The Metals Iron, Magnesium, Zinc, Copper And Calcium And Their Reaction With Hydrochloric Acid. Aim The aim of the investigation is to place five metals- zinc, iron, magnesium, calcium and copper- in order of reactivity based on the heat they give out when they react with dilute hydrochloric acid. Prediction I predict that calcium will be the most reactive because of its position in the periodic table and copper will also be the least reactive. I think that this will be the order of reactivity: 1. Calcium 2. Magnesium 3. Zinc 4. Iron 5. Copper All metals will react except copper. This is because all the other metals will displace hydrogen and copper doesn't. In displacement reactions the metal displaces the hydrogen from the acid. Hydrogen is above copper in the reactivity series so copper doesn't displace. Also copper is below hydrogen in the periodic table so its less reactive than hydrogen. A more...
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