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NewsTurning PVC green
Platinum might be the catalytic key to reducing the environmental impact of mercury pollution
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Reactivity and displacement reactions
Consolidate students’ understanding with these engaging activities
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Displacement reactions
Activities, tips and ideas to help students get to grips with the reactivity series
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Developing a theory
In this practical activity, students will monitor reactions of acids and develop a theory to explain their observations
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The determination of copper in brass
Investigate how much copper there is in brass (an alloy of copper and zinc) by dissolving the brass in nitric acid and comparing the colour of the solution with that of solutions of various concentrations of copper
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The reaction of metals with acids
Explore reactivity series with various metals as they react with acids
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Displacement reactions of metals
Examine the reactions between various metals and metal salt solutions
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Using a microscale conductivity meter
Let your students test which solids and solutions/liquids conduct electricity with a microscale conductivity meter
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Science Concept Cartoons: Rusting
Use this conversation starter to get your pupils thinking about the process of rusting, and discussing different possibilities.
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Anecdotes: Measuring Lead Levels in Hair
Measuring lead levels in hair using atomic absorption spectrometry.
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Anecdotes: Copper
The use of copper hull plating on wooden ships and the deterioration of the iron fixing bolts due to bimetallic corrosion in sea water.
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Anecdotes: Aluminium
The story of the discovery of the Hall-Heroult process for purifying aluminium.
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Turning copper coins into 'silver' and 'gold'
Perform something close to alchemy by dipping a ‘copper’ coin into a solution of sodium zincate in contact with zinc to make it appear silver, before holding it in a Bunsen flame for a few seconds to form an alloy of brass making it appear gold.
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Properties of the transition metals and their compounds
Extend your students’ knowledge of the Periodic Table by examining the transition metals and their compounds
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The oxidation states of vanadium
Introduce your students to the idea that different oxidation states of transition metal ions often have different colours and that electrode potentials can be used to predict the course of the redox reactions.
