Virtual Laboratory Metals and Reactivity

Objective of the experiment:

• To explore the reactivity of metals
• To practice using the chart

Data result and observations

Activity 1 observation

Solution Metals
Mg Cu Zn Ag
Magnesium nitrate No No No No
reaction reaction reaction reaction
Zinc nitrate Metal: No No No
Changes reaction reaction reaction
colour
from grey
to dark
grey,
increase
in size
Solution:
Changes
from grey
to light
grey
Copper nitrate Metal: No Metal: No
Changes reaction Changes reaction
colour colour
from grey from dark
to orange grey to
Solution: orange
Changes Solution:
colour Changes
from blue colour
to light from blue
blue
 to light
blue
Silver nitrate Metal: Metal: Metal: No reaction
Changes Changes Changes happened
colour colour colour
from grey from from dark
to light reddish- grey to
grey, brown to dark grey
increase light grey Solution:
in size Solution: Changes
Solution: Changes colour
Changes colour from grey
from grey from light to cloudy
to light grey to grey
grey light blue,

Activity 2 observation

Solution Metals
Fe Pb Ni Sn
Iron nitrate No No No No
reaction reaction reaction reaction
happened happened happened happened
Lead nitrate Metal: No Metal: Metal:
Changes reaction Changes Changes
colour happened colour colour from
from light from light light grey to
grey to grey to dark grey
dark grey, dark grey, Solution:
increase increase in Changes
in size size colour from
Solution: Solution: white to
Changes Colour cloudy
colour changes white
from from white
white to to cloudy
green grey
 Nickel nitrate Metal: No No No
Changes reaction reaction reaction
colour
from light
grey to
lighter
grey
Solution:
Changes
colour
from light
green to
dark
green
Tin nitrate Metal: No Metal: No
Changes reaction Changes reaction
colour colour
from light from light
grey to grey to
lighter darker
grey, grey,
increase increase in
in size size
Solution: Solution:
Changes Changes
colour colour
from from white
white to to teal
green

Activity 3 observation

Solution Metals
Fe Cu Zn Pb
Iron nitrate No No Metal: No
reaction reaction Colour reaction
happened happened changes happened
from dark
grey to
light grey
Solution:
Changes
colour
from light
green to
lighter
green
Zinc nitrate No No No No reaction
reaction reaction reaction happened
happened happened happened
Copper nitrate Metal: No Metal: Metal:
The reaction Colour Colour
colour happened changes changes
changes from dark from dark
from grey grey to grey to
to orange orange
orange, Solution: Solution:
increase Colour Changes
in size changes colour from
Solution: from blue blue to light
Colour to light blue
changes blue
from blue
to light
blue
Lead nitrate Metal: No Metal: No reaction
Colour reaction No happened
changes happened changes
from grey colour
to dark Solution:
grey No
 Solution: changes
Colour colour
changes
from
white to
teal

Activity 4 observation ( reaction with dilute HCI)

Metals Observation
Silver (Ag) No reaction happened
Copper (Cu) No reaction happened
Nickel (Ni) Bubbles is produced, Metal: smaller in size
Solution: Colour changes to cloudy grey
Lead (Pb) Bubbles is produced, Metal: smaller in size
Tin (Sn) Bubbles is produced, Metal: smaller in size

Answers of the questions

1. Activity 1: magnesium + magnesium nitrate → no reaction happened, because
both have the same reactivity.
magnesium + zinc nitrate → magnesium nitrate + zinc
magnesium+ copper nitrate→magnesium nitrate + copper
magnesium+ silver nitrate→magnesium nitrate + silver
copper+ magnesium nitrate→ no reaction happened because
copper is less reactive metal than magnesium.
copper+ copper nitrate→ no reaction happened, because
both have the same reactivity.
copper + zinc nitrate→ no reaction happened because
zinc is less reactive metal than copper.
copper+ silver nitrate→ copper nitrate + silver
zinc+ magnesium nitrate→ no reaction happened because
zinc is less reactive metal than magnesium.
zinc + copper nitrate→ zinc nitrate + copper
zinc + zinc nitrate→ no reaction happened because both have the same
reactivity.
zinc + silver nitrate→ zinc nitrate + silver
silver+ magnesium nitrate→ no reaction happened because
silver is less reactive metal than magnesium.
 silver + copper nitrate→ no reaction happened because
silver is less reactive metal than copper, so silver
doesn’t displace the copper from its compound
silver+ zinc nitrate→ no reaction happened because
silver is less reactive metal than zinc.
silver+ silver nitrate→ no reaction happened because both have
the same reactivity.

Activity 2: iron + iron nitrate→ no reaction happened because both have

the same reactivity.
iron+ lead nitrate→ iron nitrate + lead
iron+ nickel nitrate→ iron nitrate+ nickel
iron + tin nitrate→ iron nitrate + tin
lead+ iron nitrate→ no reaction happened because
lead is less reactive metal than iron.
lead+ lead nitrate→ no reaction happened because both have
the same reactivity, so there’s no displacement
lead+ nickel nitrate→ no reaction happened because
lead is less reactive metal than nickel.
lead+ tin nitrate→ no reaction happened because
lead is less reactive metal than tin.
nickel+ iron nitrate→ no reaction happened because
nickel is less reactive metal than iron.
nickel+ lead nitrate→ nickel nitrate+ lead
nickel+ nickel nitrate→ no reaction happened, because both
have the same reactivity.
nickel + tin nitrate→ nickel nitrate+ iron
tin + iron nitrate→ no reaction happened because
tin is less reactive metal than iron.
tin+ lead nitrate→ tin nitrate + lead
tin+ nickel nitrate→ no reaction happened because
tin is less reactive metal than nickel.
tin+ tin nitrate→ no reaction happened, because both have the same
reactivity.

Activity 3: iron+ iron nitrate→ no reaction happened because both have the same reactivity.
Iron+ zinc nitrate→ no reaction happened
 iron+ copper nitrate→ iron nitrate+ copper
iron+ lead nitrate→iron nitrate + lead
copper+ iron nitrate→ no reaction happened
copper+ zinc nitrate→ no reaction happened because
copper is less reactive metal than zinc.
copper + copper nitrate→ no reaction happened because both have the
same reactivity.
copper + lead nitrate→ no reaction happened because
copper is less reactive metal than lead.
zinc+ iron nitrate→ zinc nitrate + iron
zinc + zinc nitrate→ no reaction happened because both have the same
reactivity.
zinc+ copper nitrate→ zinc nitrate + copper
zinc+ lead nitrate→ zinc nitrate + lead
lead+ iron nitrate→ no reaction happened because
lead is less reactive metal than iron.
lead+ zinc nitrate→ no reaction happened because
lead is less reactive metal than zinc.
lead+ copper nitrate→ no reaction happened because
lead is less reactive metal than copper, so lead
doesn’t displace the copper from its compound
lead+ lead nitrate→ no reaction happened because both have the same
reactivity.

Activity 4: silver+ hydrochloric acid→ no reaction happened because silver can’t

dissolve in hydrochloric acid
copper+ hydrochloric acid→ no reaction happened because copper can’t
dissolve in hydrochloric acid
nickel+ hydrochloric acid→nickel chloride + hydrogen

2. Activity 1: Magnesium
Activity 2: Iron
Activity 3: Zinc
Activity 4: Magnesium
All over: Magnesium

3. Activity 1: Silver
 Activity 2: Lead
Activity 3: Copper
Activity 4: Silver
All over: Silver

4. Tin and Lead

5. Activity 1: Magnesium, Zinc, Copper, Silver
Activity 2: Iron, Nickel, Tin, Lead
Activity 3: Zinc, Iron, Lead, Copper
Activity 4: Nickel, Tin, Lead, Copper, Silver
All over: Magnesium, Zinc, Iron, Nickel, Tin, Lead, Copper, Silver

Conclusion:
The most reactive metal is magnesium and the least reactive metal is silver. The more reactive metal is the
higher rate of reaction happened. The least reactive metal is the lower rate of reaction happened.