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9F Patterns of reactivity
Metal extraction
rusting corrosion
Match each word or phrase unreactive metal oxide
with its correct meaning. tarnishing patina
True or False?
1. Metals
2.
3.
4.
5. All
Aluminium
Rusting
Nitrogen
metals
will
isfrom
corrode
not
aistype
special
corrode
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air
atcorrosion
because
the
isifthe
air
same
gas
and
reaction.
ofrate
that
water
its at
oxide
iron
cannot
thereacts
layer.
same
getwith
to
when it starts to corrode.
them.
temperature.
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It’s use
oxygen!
Aluminium
TRUE! Corrosion
FALSE! Metals the wordat
doesn’t
corrode
needs ‘rusting’
corrode
different
oxygen for
from the
thecorrosion
because
rates: theits
air, of
oxide
more
and
iron,
reactive
layer since
a metal
the
protects
sometimes it.flaky
water is, the
redpart
takes more
iron in
oxide
quickly
thatit forms
the reactionwill too.
is
corrode.
called rust.
This ranking of
metals according
to reactivity is
called the least reactive
speed of reaction with oxygen
reactivity series.
iron
lead –– the
copper
magnesium
sodium –– no
the the–bubbles,
metal
metal
metal
the
reacts
reacts
metal
bursts
noslowly,
very
reacts
reaction
into
slowly,
producing
flames,
quickly
with
producing
acid
with
a very
a few
thestrong
very
bubbles
acid,few
reaction
bubblesproducing lots of bubbles
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9F What about water?
True or false?
potassium most reactive
Copper
Iron
Magnesium
Zinc
displacesdisplaces
displaces
displaces
gold but
sodium
sodium
copper
cannot compounds
magnesium
from
displace
copper
from
magnesium from
sulphate,
magnesium solution.
magnesium.
and nitrate
the blue
zinc coloursolution.
disappears.
iron
lead True!
False!
copper
gold least reactive
Metal extraction
True or False?
1. More
2.
3.
4. Gold
AIron
metal
isoccurs
reactive
easier
that in
corrodes
to
metals
aextract
mineral
are
quickly
from
that
moreits
is
will
difficult
difficult
orebethan
easy
to
tosodium.
extract
break
to extract
from
their minerals
down.
from itsThat
ore.is why
than gold
less is
reactive
so expensive.
metals.
FALSE!
TRUE!
TRUE! Think
FALSE!Iron
IfGold about
aismetal
less the ‘reactivity
oftencorrodes
reactive.
exists asIt
easily dog’.
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the needsThe
it means itscarier
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metal is very
and with
needs
carbon.
reactive.
the noSo
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more be It’s
needs expensive
difficult
reactiveelectrolysis.
theto because
extract.
metal), the it
is rare.
more difficult it is to remove the bone (the
other elements).