Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Single Replacement

What determines whether one metal will replace another metal from a compound in a single-replacement reaction? Explain.

10 comments:

  1. TIA:
    THE REACTIVITY DETERMINES WHETHER OR NOT A METAL WILL REPLACE ANOTHER ONE IN A REPLACEMENT REACTION.

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  2. when dealing with a single replacement and it is with metals either one metal will replace the other metal and it will also depend on the relative reactions of the two metals in the single replacement

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  3. it depends on how strong that metal is, verses the other metal/element. Using the activity series one, could tell if the metal will replace another metal. If a metal is higher up on the activity series, then it can replace anything below it. So its the reactivity that determines whether one metal will replace another metal.

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  4. In a single replacement reaction, one metal will displace another metal from a compound depends upon the relative reactivities of the two metals. A reactive metal will replace any metal listed below it in the activity series. The acitvity series is a list of the metals in order of decreasing activity.

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  5. The activity series determines whether or not a metal will replace another one in a replacement reaction.The element replaced must be less reactive than the one doing the replacing. A single element replaces one of the elements in a compound The single element will join with an ion of opposite charge

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  6. The reactivity will determine whether a metal will or will not replace another one in a replacement reaction. It also depends on how strong the metal is .

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  7. I agree with Fanica and Christina. The thing that determines whether one metal will replace another metal is activity series. Activity series is an empircal series of metals that are placed in order of reactivity from highest to lowest.Therefore it's used to summarize information about the reactions of metals with acids and water.

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  8. th reactivity determines whether a metal will replace another metal. The metals on the activity series can replace any metal below it.

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  9. In a single replacement reaction, one metal will replce another metal based on whether it is more reactive or not. You can tell if a metal is more reactive than the other by taking a look at the activity series of elements chart. The higher up on the list, the more reactive it is and the higher the chance it will replce another metal that is lower on the list.

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  10. the reactivity of the metal will tell u whether or not it can replac eone another moe reactive metals will replace less reactive metals

    ex the demonstration u did in class since the copper in the blue liquid was more thn the chunks of zinc it slowly but surely began to replace the zince entirly transforming what was zinc into actuall copper pieces.

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