All Reactivity articles – Page 2

Resource

Chemical misconceptions II: Stability and reactivity

Explore chemical stability and reactivity with learners, and test their knowledge base with a diagram and questions.

Exhibition chemistry

Creating copper

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Declan Fleming presents a beautiful demonstration with lots of teaching potential

Resource

Making copper

Learners develop their own scientific methods to make copper metal starting from copper(II) nitrate crystals.

Demonstration

Halogen reactions with iron wool

In association with Nuffield Foundation

Illustrate an exothermic redox reaction by heating iron wool with chlorine, bromine and iodine with this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.

Demonstration

Reactivity trends of the alkali metals

In association with Nuffield Foundation

Use this experiment to demonstrate the trend in reactivity down group 1 of the Periodic Table, exploring the physical and chemical properties of the alkali metals.

Class experiment

Microscale extraction of copper

In association with Nuffield Foundation

Try this practical to reduce copper(II) oxide to copper using hydrogen, revealing their positions in the reactivity series. Includes kit list and safety instructions.

Class experiment

Extraction of iron on a match head

In association with Nuffield Foundation

Try this practical as a small scale example of metal extraction, reducing iron(III) oxide with carbon on a match head. Includes kit list and safety instructions.

Class experiment

Displacement reactions of non-metals

In association with Nuffield Foundation

Investigate a displacement series of non-metals using oxygen and chlorine in this class practical or demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.

Demonstration

Catalytic oxidation of potassium sodium tartrate

In association with Nuffield Foundation

Use this demonstration to illustrate catalysis of the oxidation of potassium sodium tartrate by hydrogen peroxide. Includes kit list and safety instructions.

Class experiment

The reaction of aluminium and copper(II) sulfate

In association with Nuffield Foundation

Try this practical or demonstration to illustrate the displacement of copper from copper sulfate using aluminium foil, with kit list and safety instructions.

Demonstration

Reacting zinc and copper(II) oxide

In association with Nuffield Foundation

Illustrate competition reactions using the exothermic reaction between copper(II) oxide and zinc in this class demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.

Class experiment

Extracting metals with charcoal

In association with Nuffield Foundation

Try this class practical to illustrate the idea of competition reactions between metals and carbon. Includes kit list and safety instructions.

Class experiment

Halogens in aqueous solution and their displacement reactions

In association with Nuffield Foundation

Explore the chemical properties of halogens using this demonstration or class experiment. Includes kit list and safety instructions.

Class experiment

Exothermic metal displacement reactions

In association with Nuffield Foundation

Try this class experiment to explore what happens when different metals are added to a copper(II) sulfate solution. Includes kit list and safety instructions.

Class experiment

Preferential discharge of cations during electrolysis

In association with Nuffield Foundation

Use this practical to show that metal cations are preferentially discharged, in relation to the metal’s position in the reactivity series. Includes kit list and safety instructions.

Class experiment

The reactivity of iron

In association with Nuffield Foundation

Illustrate iron’s position in the reactivity series by heating it with copper and magnesium oxides in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.

Class experiment

Exothermic metal–acid reactions

In association with Nuffield Foundation

Use this class practical to explore the temperature changes resulting from adding different metals to hydrochloric acid. Includes kit list and safety instructions.

Class experiment

Preparing salts by neutralisation of oxides and carbonates

In association with Nuffield Foundation

Try these class experiments to illustrate the production of soluble salts from insoluble metal oxides and carbonates. Includes kit list and safety instructions.

Demonstration

Reacting magnesium with copper(II) oxide

In association with Nuffield Foundation

Illustrate reduction, oxidation and the relative reactivity of magnesium and copper(II) oxide in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.

Demonstration

The thermite reaction between aluminium and iron(III) oxide

In association with Nuffield Foundation

Illustrate a highly exothermic thermite reaction resulting in molten iron in this teacher demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.