REDOXMETALS AND THE ACTIVITY SERIES Date Name Section nstruc

REDOX-METALS AND THE ACTIVITY SERIES Date Name: Section: nstructor: POST LAB Show all work for full credit. 1. Based upon your observations, what general statement can you make about the reactivity of a in comparison to the less reactive metals?) 2. It took many of the metals several minutes to begin to react. Once the reaction was initiated, several of these metals continued to react quite vigorously. What was the most probable cause of this delayed reaction? (Hint: the metal getting hot isn\'t the only reason) Redox-Metals and the Activity Series: Post-Lab 157

Solution

1) We can predict the reactivity of the metal based on their property to loose electron.We know that more readily the metal will loose electron more reactive it is .As we move from left to right in the periodic table the reactivity of the metal decreases because the ionization energy increases .While on moving down the group the tendency to loose electron increases and hence the reactivity increases.