Displacement Date: 23-03-2-20

Reactions
Learning objectives:
To know – what a displacement
reaction is
To understand – how to use the
reactivity series to predict DO NOW!
displacement reactions Copy, date, title
and L.O into
your book.
Literacy focus: Using scientific key words in context
 Displacement
Displacement:

Replacing a less reactive metal with a

more reactive one in a compound.
(you can think of displacement as
replacement)

Key Word

Literacy focus: Using scientific key words in context

 Examples for displacement reaction
A single displacement reaction is often of the type
A + BC → B + AC

• aluminium + iron(III) oxide → iron + aluminium oxide

• 2Al + Fe2O3 → 2Fe + Al2O3
• magnesium + hydrochloric acid → magnesium chloride + hydrogen
• Mg + 2HCl → MgCl2 + H2
• An example is a reaction between iron and copper sulphate to produce iron sulphate and
copper:
• Fe + CuSO4 → FeSO4 + Cu
 Application of Displacement reaction
• aluminium + iron(III) oxide → iron + aluminium oxide
• 2Al + Fe2O3 → 2Fe + Al2O3
 Application of Displacement reaction

• Steel Making
• We can extract iron from its ore (Fe2O3) by heating it with carbon in giant
blast furnaces.
• 3C+2Fe2O3→4Fe+3CO2
• C replaces Fe in Fe2O3 to form CO2.
 Application of Displacement reaction

• Acid Indigestion
• We can relieve the distress when the stomach produces too
much HCl by drinking a solution of sodium hydrogen
carbonate.
• HCl+NaHCO3→NaCl+H2CO3
• The H in the HCl displaces the Na in NaHCO3 to
produce H2CO3.
• .
 Application of Displacement reaction

• Extraction of Metals
• Heating a mixture of Cr2O3 and finely
divided C produces metallic chromium.
• 3C+2Cr2O3→4Cr+3CO2
• C replaces Cr in Cr2O3 to form CO2 and
chromium metal
To know – what a displacement reaction
is
When a metal reacts with an acid, the following word equation is
given:

• Metal + acid → salt + hydrogen

• For example, magnesium reacts with
hydrochloric acid to produce magnesium
chloride:
• magnesium + hydrochloric acid → magnesium
chloride + hydrogen
• Mg + 2HCl → MgCl2 + H2
In a reactivity series, the most reactive element is placed at the top and the least reactive element at the bottom.
More reactive metals have a greater tendency to lose electrons and form positive ions.

 People 
Say 
Little 
Children 
Make 
A 
Zebra
 Ill 
Constantly 
Sniffing 
Giraffes.
 Sulphuric acid

Hydrochloric acid
H2SO4 Nitric acid

HCl HNO3

What do these three compounds have in common?

 Reactivity Series
potassium
PLEASE
sodium Any metal SEND
calcium above
increasing reactivity

hydrogen will CHARLIE’S

magnesium
react with acid MONKEYS
aluminium
AND
Carbon
zinc ZEBRAS
iron IN
lead TIGHT
Hydrogen LEAD
copper CAGES
Any metal SECURELY
silver below
gold hydrogen will
GUARDED
platinum not react with PLEASE
acid
 We’re going to use some of these
characters in our model.
Rule: Most reactive character wins…

Literacy focus: Using scientific key words in context

Who would win the Chloride
Belt? (Who’s more reactive?)

.vs.
‘Silver’ Surfer ‘Calcium’ Ken
‘Chloride’ Champ
Who would win the Sulphate
Belt? (Who’s more reactive?)

.vs.
Captain ‘Aluminium’ ‘Iron’ Man
‘Sulphate’ Champ
Who would win the Sulphate
Belt? (Who’s more reactive?)

.vs.
‘Gold’ Guile ‘Copper’ Colossus
‘Nitrate’ Champ
To understand – how to use the
reactivity series to predict displacement
reactions
 Learning
Activity
Complete the Displacement Worksheet.
1. Copper Sulphate + Magnesium  Copper Magnesium
___________+__________ Sulphate
2. Copper Sulphate + Zinc  Copper
___________+__________ Zinc
Sulphate
3. Zinc Sulphate + Magnesium  Zinc Magnesium
___________+__________ Sulphate
4. Zinc Sulphate + Copper  Copper
___________+__________ Zinc
Sulphate
5. Tin Chloride + Zinc  Tin
___________+__________ Zinc Chloride
__________
6. Magnesium Nitrate + Copper  Copper Magnesium
___________+__________ __________Nitrate

5 minutes
Metals react with and dilute. Acid.