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Metal Symbol Reactivity: Activity Series of Metals

The document presents an activity series of metals that shows their reactivity levels. Metals at the top of the list like lithium, potassium, and sodium can displace hydrogen from water and acids to form hydroxides. Metals in the middle like iron, chromium, and zinc can only displace hydrogen from acids to form hydroxides. Metals at the bottom like gold, platinum, and silver cannot displace hydrogen at all and instead form oxides when reacting with oxygen.

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Metal Symbol Reactivity: Activity Series of Metals

The document presents an activity series of metals that shows their reactivity levels. Metals at the top of the list like lithium, potassium, and sodium can displace hydrogen from water and acids to form hydroxides. Metals in the middle like iron, chromium, and zinc can only displace hydrogen from acids to form hydroxides. Metals at the bottom like gold, platinum, and silver cannot displace hydrogen at all and instead form oxides when reacting with oxygen.

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Activity Series of Metals Metal Symbol Reactivity displaces H2 gas from water, steam and acids and forms

hydroxides

Lithium Potassium Strontium Calcium Sodium Magnesium Aluminum Zinc Chromium Iron Cadmium Cobalt Nickel Tin Lead Hydrogen gas Antimony Arsenic Bismuth Copper Mercury Silver Paladium Platinum Gold

Li K Sr Ca Na Mg Al Zn Cr Fe Cd Co Ni Sn Pb H2 Sb As Bi Cu Hg Ag Pd Pt Au

displaces H2 gas from steam and acids and forms hydroxides

displaces H2 gas from acids only and forms hydroxides

included for comparison combines with O2 to form oxides and cannot displace H2

found free in nature, oxides decompose with heating

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