Elements react to the different solution in different ways. Some show a chemical or physical reaction and some don’t show any kind of reaction. By using four elements and four solutions we are trying to see which out of all of these elements is the most reactive. We are trying to determine which element would be the most reactive? The elements are copper, zinc, silver, and magnesium. The solutions are copper nitrate, silver nitrate, zinc nitrate, and magnesium nitrate. If the element is in the alkali earth metals such magnesium than it should be more reactive with the solutions than most groups and the metals in the transition metals should have some reaction to some solutions. Alkali earth metals are pretty reactive while transition metals are less reactive. Analysis: …show more content…
This lab was done to see which of these elements were the most reactive. The order of the most reactive to least reactive would go like this: Magnesium was the most reactive with the solutions and reacted with all of the solutions in different ways such as bubbling with Mg(NO3)2, developed dark color with Cu(NO3)2, rusting with Ag(NO3)2, black dust coming off with Zn(NO3)2 and changed the solution’s color with Cu(NO3)2. Zinc was the second most reactive because it had the second most amount of reactions and reacted to the solutions by developing a dark ring and changing the solution's color with Cu(NO3)2 and creating a black dot in the middle with Ag(NO3)2. Copper is the third most reactive because it only reacted with Ag(NO3)2 by having the bottom of the surface change. Sliver is the least reactive because it didn’t react to any of the solutions. It makes sense that magnesium would have the most reactions because it is an alkali earth metal and alkali earth metals are pretty reactive. The rest were transition metals and transition metals aren’t that reactive with