Davis Minder

Honors Chemistry

Mr. Crano

4/10/19

Activity series lab

Objective: The objective of this lab was to see the reactions of single displacement reactions.

Materials and chemicals: the materials and chemicals used where:

- Spot plate

- Distilled water

- Crucible tongs

- 1 M Iron (III) Chloride

- 1 M Calcium Nitrate

- 1 M Copper (II) Sulfate

- 2 M Hydrochloric Acid

- Iron, Copper, Magnesium, and Zinc metals.

Reactions:

Mg(s) + CaNo3(aq) NR: because of the activity series nothing is expected to happen.

Mg(s) + FeCl2(aq) Fe(s) + MgCl2(l): a reaction will occur

Mg(s) + 2HCl(aq)H2(g) + MgCl2(l): a reaction will occur and some gas will be released.
Mg(s) + CuSo4(aq)Cu(s) + MgSo4(l): a reaction will occur and the magnesium can possible

crumble

Zn(s) + CaNO3(aq) (NR): due to ranking of the activity series, nothing is expected to happen

Zn(s) + FeCl2(aq) Fe(s) + ZnCl2(aq); a reaction is expected to occur

Zn(s) + 2HCl(aq)H2 + ZnCl2(aq): a reaction will occur and a gas may be left over

Zn(s) + CuSo4(aq) Cu(s) + ZnSo4(aq): a reaction is expected to occur

Fe(s) + CaNO3(aq)NR: due to the ranking of the activity series nothing will happen

Fe(s) + FeCl2(aq) NR: due to the ranking of the activity series nothing will happen

Fe(s) + 2HCl(aq) H2(g) + FeCl2(aq): a reaction is expected to occur.

Fe(s) + CuSo4(aq) Cu(s) + FeSo4(aq): a reaction is expected to occur.

Cu(s) + CaNO3(aq)NR: due to the ranking of the activity series nothing will happen

Cu(s) + FeCl2(aq) NR: due to the ranking of the activity series nothing will happen

Cu(s) + 2HCl(aq) NR: due to the ranking of the activity series nothing will happen

Cu(s) + CuSo4(aq)NR: due to the ranking of the activity series nothing will happen
 Calcium Nitrate Iron (II) Hydrochloric Copper (II)

Chloride acid sulfate

Magnesium NR Fizzing and Fizzing and gas Small fizz, break

turned black let off off of black

pieces.

Zinc NR Slight reaction Let off gas NR

Iron NR NR NR Iron changed to

reddish color

Copper NR NR Copper became NR

much redder.

Discussion and conclusions:

I was expecting about what happened because before the lab I prepared the reactions and tested if

there would be a reaction or not. I would change the sample size to something much larger if

possible. Overall I think that this lab went well and it was mostly how I had predicted it.