Relative Reactivities of Metal Lab Report

Relative Reactivities of Metal Lab Report

Group Lithium: Nina, Nicolette, and Makena 

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Results: 

Questions: 
1. The metal that reacted with the most solutions is magnesium. 
2. The metal that reacted with the fewest solutions is copper.
3. Silver would react with all of the solutions because they all have a higher reactivity than silver. 
4. Most reactive to least reactive: Magnesium, Zinc, Copper. 
5. The penny's outside surface is made out of copper instead of zinc, because copper is less reactive than zinc.
6. 
a. Silver could also be used for the ouside surface because it is the least reactive. 
b. Silver is not used on the outside surface of the penny because it is very expensive. 
7. 
a. Silver is most likely to be found in a free metallic state in nature because it is not reactive. 
b. Magnesium is least likely to be found in a free metallic state is nature because it is very reactive. 
8. 
a. Magnesium nitrate and zinc nitrate could have been eliminated. 
b. Those nitrates could have been eliminated because there was no reaction with the metals. 

Our Group's Data: 

	Cu Nitrate	Mg Nitrate	Zn Nitrate	Ag Nitrate
Zn	yes: light green solution	no	no	yes: clumpy black
Cu	no	no	no	yes: small grey particles
Mg	yes: bright green solution with blue bubbles	no	no	yes: black clumps in a grey liquid

  Significance: Overall we discovered that the metals react with other metals that are less reactive than them. Not all metals are the same: they have different reactivity levels, and different ions. 

Aggregated Data: 

Our class's data was almost identical; the two groups that got different data because they were not observant enough or maybe because they did not put enough solution in the well plate.