
First, identify the reactants and determine if they are a metal or a halogen. The steps to determining a product are simple.
MEMORIZE ACTIVITY SERIES OF METALS SERIES
How do you use activity series to predict products? A precipitation reaction is a double-replacement reaction in which one product is a solid precipitate. A double-replacement reaction exchanges the cations (or the anions) of two ionic compounds. The periodic table or an activity series can help predict whether single-replacement reactions occur. I LIKE HIS CAR’S SILVERY GATE.ĭo you use the activity series for double replacement? Short Trick to Remember Reactivity Series “Please send charlie’s monkeys and zebras in lead & hydrogen cages in mountains securely guarded by Plato.” In the above-given sentence, first alphabet of every word denotes the elements of the reactivity series in order of their reactivity from highest to lowest. What is the trick to learn the reactivity series? I’d learn it just to stay on the safe side, when I did GCSEs we had to learn the reactivity series so I don’t know if it’s changed for you. It says you need to “explain” things by using the reactivity series but it doesn’t say you have to “recall” it. It can also be used to obtain information on the reactivity of metals towards water and acids.ĭo you need to memorize the activity series? The data provided by the reactivity series can be used to predict whether a metal can displace another in a single displacement reaction. When should you use the activity series how do you use it? The activity series including these elements would be Mg > Zn > H. so zinc is also more active than hydrogen. What is an example of activity series?Īn activity series is a list of substances ranked in order of relative reactivity. It can be used to predict the products in similar reactions involving a different metal.

The activity series of metals is an empirical tool used to predict products in displacement reactions and reactivity of metals with water and acids in replacement reactions and ore extraction.

How is the activity series used in predicting products of chemical reactions?

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