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Creative Problem Solving in Chemistry - Making copper

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Make some copper metal starting from copper(II) nitrate crystals.

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Scotland
- National 5
  - SQA Chemistry
    - Chemistry in society
      - Metals
        Extraction of metals
        The method used to extract a metal from its ore depends on the position of the metal in the reactivity series.
Wales
- GCSE
  - WJEC Combined science
    - Unit 5: Chemistry 2
      - 5.3 METALS AND THEIR EXTRACTION
        (c) the relative reactivities of metals as demonstrated by displacement (e.g. iron nail in copper(II) chloride solution) and competition reactions (e.g. thermit reaction)
  - WJEC Chemistry
    - Unit 2: CHEMICAL BONDING, APPLICATION OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS and ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
      - 2.3 METALS AND THEIR EXTRACTION
        (c) the relative reactivities of metals as demonstrated by displacement (e.g. iron nail in copper(II) chloride solution) and competition reactions (e.g. thermit reaction)
England
- GCSE

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