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Chemistry
The Reactivity Series + Displacement Reactions (Section 4)
Question | Answer |
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What acronym can be used to remember the reactivity series? | Please Send Lions Cats Monkeys And Cute Zebras Into Hot Countries Signed Gordon |
Name the reactivity series from most to least reactive | Potassium, sodium, lithium, calcium, magnesium, aluminium, carbon, zinc, iron, hydrogen, copper, silver, gold |
______ reactive metals displace _______ reactive metals | More, less |
What colour solution is formed when chlorine water is added to potassium bromide solution? | Orange |
What colour solution is formed when chlorine water is added to potassium iodide solution? | Brown |
What colour solution is formed when bromine water is added to potassium iodide solution? | Brown |
What colour solution is formed when bromine water is added to potassium chloride solution? | Colourless (no reaction) |
What is a loss of electrons called? | Oxidation |
What is a gain of electrons called? | Reduction |
What is an oxidising agent? | Something that accepts electrons and gets reduced |
What is a reducing agent? | Something that donates electrons and gets oxidised |
What are reactions called where oxidation and reduction happen at the same time? | Redox reactions |