Single Displacement Reaction Lab Report
The purpose of this experiment is to observe the reaction when a metal is placed in an aqueous solution and to determine the relative reactivity of magnesium copper zinc tin aluminum and hydrogen. Also to create an activity series based on the observation.
A single displacement reaction occurs when a more reactive element replaces another element in a compound. This happens when a new compound is formed and an element is released.
For example, when magnesium and nitric acid react it produces hydrogen gas and magnesium nitrate. Magnesium displaced hydrogen from nitric acid and this created magnesium nitrate and released hydrogen gas. Nitric acid is a highly corrosive mineral acid while magnesium nitrate is used to preserve foods (Sarao, 2015).
Single displacement reactions can also occur between a non-metal and an ionic compound. For example, chlorine gas and aluminum bromide will produce bromine gas and aluminum chloride. The chlorine displaced bromine in the ionic compound, aluminum bromide. To predict whether a single displacement reaction will occur between the element and the compound, charts called activity series have been created. There is one for metals and one for non-metals like the halogens. An activity series is a ranking of elements in order of reactivity. The top elements in the activity series are more reactive than the elements located at the bottom of the series. The more reactive element will replace the less reactive element.
A single displacement reaction occurs when a more reactive element replaces another element in a compound. This happens when a new compound is formed and an element is released.
For example, when magnesium and nitric acid react it produces hydrogen gas and magnesium nitrate. Magnesium displaced hydrogen from nitric acid and this created magnesium nitrate and released hydrogen gas. Nitric acid is a highly corrosive mineral acid while magnesium nitrate is used to preserve foods (Sarao, 2015).
Single displacement reactions can also occur between a non-metal and an ionic compound. For example, chlorine gas and aluminum bromide will produce bromine gas and aluminum chloride. The chlorine displaced bromine in the ionic compound, aluminum bromide. To predict whether a single displacement reaction will occur between the element and the compound, charts called activity series have been created. There is one for metals and one for non-metals like the halogens. An activity series is a ranking of elements in order of reactivity. The top elements in the activity series are more reactive than the elements located at the bottom of the series. The more reactive element will replace the less reactive element.