Describe the reaction of metals Describe the test for hydrogen Construct word and symbol

with water gas equations for reactions

Friday 7 June 2024

Metals and water
Starter
• Starter task: What do you predict
about reactions of metals with
water?

Keywords: metal hydroxides, hydrogen, diatomic, squeaky pop

Jun 7, 2024
Describe the reaction of metals Describe the test for hydrogen Construct word and symbol
with water gas equations for reactions

Keywords: metal hydroxides, hydrogen, diatomic, squeaky pop

06/07/2024
Describe the reaction of metals Describe the test for hydrogen Construct word and symbol
with water gas equations for reactions

How do metals react with water?

• Groups 1 and 2 react quickly with water. These metals would not be practical to use in
the building industry as they would be destroyed in the rain.
METAL + WATER  METAL HYDROXIDE + HYDROGEN
Sodium + water  sodium hydroxide + hydrogen
Write the word equation for:
Calcium + water  Calcium hydroxide + hydrogen
Magnesium + water  Magnesium hydroxide + hydrogen
Lithium + water  Lithium hydroxide + hydrogen
Extension: Symbol equations. Compound = M+1 / M+2 and OH-
Keywords: metal hydroxides, hydrogen, diatomic, squeaky pop
Describe the reaction of metals Describe the test for hydrogen Construct word and symbol
with water gas equations for reactions

Metal and water video

• Observations?
• Observations: Effervescence (bubbles in a liquid) and hydrogen gas
being produced

Keywords: metal hydroxides, hydrogen, diatomic, squeaky pop

Describe the reaction of metals Describe the test for hydrogen Construct word and symbol
with water gas equations for reactions

Hydrogen gas is invisible

Hydrogen gas has no smell

So how can we prove it is there?

Keywords: metal hydroxides, hydrogen, diatomic, squeaky pop

Describe the reaction of metals Describe the test for hydrogen Construct word and symbol
with water gas equations for reactions

We can test the gas to confirm it is hydrogen gas

The test for hydrogen is the ‘squeaky pop test’

Using a lit splint and a boiling tube of gas, if the gas burns
with a squeaky pop, the gas is Hydrogen.

Keywords: metal hydroxides, hydrogen, diatomic, squeaky pop

Describe the reaction of metals Describe the test for hydrogen Construct word and symbol
with water gas equations for reactions

Magnesium and water demo

• How can you tell a reaction is taking place?
• How would you describe this reaction? Vigorous or slow?
• What metal might react faster with water?
• How do we confirm the gas given off is hydrogen?
• Write the word equation for this reaction
• Stretch: Can you write the symbol equation?

Keywords: metal hydroxides, hydrogen, diatomic, squeaky pop

Describe the reaction of metals Describe the test for hydrogen Construct word and symbol
with water gas equations for reactions

Equations
METAL + WATER  METAL HYDROXIDE + HYDROGEN
Sodium + water  sodium hydroxide + hydrogen
1) Write the word equation for:
Calcium + water  Calcium hydroxide + hydrogen
Magnesium + water  Magnesium hydroxide + hydrogen
Lithium + water  Lithium hydroxide + hydrogen
2) Write word equations for all group 1 and group 2 metals
3) Extension: Symbol equations. Compound = M+1 / M+2 and OH-

Keywords: metal hydroxides, hydrogen, diatomic, squeaky pop

Describe the reaction of metals Describe the test for hydrogen Construct word and symbol
with water gas equations for reactions

Worksheet answers:
• 1a) Calcium b) Hydrogen c) Copper
• 2a) Magnesium – melts into a ball and fizzes a lot
• Potassium – bursts into flames
• Lithium- reacts very slowly producing a few bubbles
• Sodium – floats on the surface producing bubbles of gas
• 2b) 1: Potassium, 2: Magnesium, 3: Sodium, 4: Lithium
• 3) lithium hydroxide + hydrogen
• 4) True: Hydrogen is a gas at room temperature. Hydrogen burns with
a ‘squeaky pop’ when lit
Keywords: metal hydroxides, hydrogen, diatomic, squeaky pop
06/07/2024
Describe the reaction of metals Describe the test for hydrogen Construct word and symbol
with water gas equations for reactions

Where do you feel you

PLENARY

are on the tree in

relation to the lesson or
topic?

Keywords: metal hydroxides, hydrogen, diatomic, squeaky pop

06/07/2024