<p>Chemistry – Mr. Kalkman Name: </p><p>Regents Chemistry Due Date: Activity Series: A Laboratory</p><p>Simulation</p><p>Go to Mr. Kalkman’s website – kalkmanchemistry.wikispaces.com – and click on </p><p>“Regents Chemistry” on the side of the page. Click on “Labs”. Click on the “Activity Series Lab” link.</p><p>Purpose: Which metals are more active than others? Remember: A solid metal will only react with a metal ion if the solid is more reactive (active) than the ion!</p><p>I. Data Collection: Eight Solutions</p><p>A. Click on the start button on the website to initiate the opening activity. You should see a graphic that appears similar to figure A.</p><p>B. Hold your cursor over the beakers to display a magnifier. Click each of the top 4 beakers separately to view its submicroscopic contents. Record what you see in the beakers of figure A below. II. Interpretation</p><p>A. Why are the water molecules not displayed in the submicroscopic view?</p><p>B. List two characteristics that are the SAME for each solution, and two characteristics that </p><p> make them DIFFERENT.</p><p>C. Identify the species that accounts for the COLOR of each of the four solutions. What </p><p> evidence did you use to arrive at your conclusions? </p><p>III. Data Collection: Activity One</p><p>A. Go to Activity One in the simulation, pick one of the metals and follow the instructions to test its interaction with each of the solutions. Record your observations in Table 1 below. </p><p>Describe any evidence you see for a chemical reaction. What changes do you see in the metal? What changes do you see in the solutions? </p><p>B. Repeat this process with each of the metals.</p><p>Table 1</p><p>Mg+2 Cu+2 Zn+2 Ag+1</p><p>Mg</p><p>Cu</p><p>Zn</p><p>Ag IV. Data Analysis</p><p>A. Write a chemical equation for each reaction THAT YOU SAW! </p><p>(Hint: if stuck, try clicking on the molecular scale reactions button)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>B. Rank the metals in order of most reactive to least reactive, similar to Table J, in Table 2 below. What criteria did you use for your rankings?</p><p>Table 2</p><p>Most Reactive </p><p>Least Reactive C. Click on the molecular scale button in the laboratory simulation to view the metal / metal ion interactions at the submicroscopic level. Follow instructions in the software. Describe your observations of reacting combinations. Make sure you try a few reactions that occur and some combinations were no reaction takes place. (Note: You are not responsible for all this information, such as Redox, on this current test. However, we will come back to this later in the year.) </p><p>V. Data Collection: Activity Two</p><p>Go to Activity Two and repeat what you did in Activity One with a new set of metals and metal cations. </p><p>Table 3</p><p>Fe+2 Cu+2 Zn+2 Pb+2 Fe</p><p>Cu</p><p>Zn</p><p>Pb</p><p>VI. Data Analysis</p><p>A. Write a chemical equation for each reaction THAT YOU SAW! </p><p>(Hint: if stuck, try clicking on the molecular scale reactions button)</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>B. Rank the metals in order of most reactive to least reactive, similar to Table J, in Table 2 below. What criteria did you use for your rankings?</p><p>Table 4</p><p>Most Reactive </p><p>Least Reactive </p><p>VII. Data Collection: Activity Three</p><p>Go to Activity Three and repeat what you did in Activity One and Two with a new set of metals and metal cations. </p><p>Table 5 Fe+2 Pb+2 Ni+2 Sn+2</p><p>Fe</p><p>Pb</p><p>Ni</p><p>Sn</p><p>VIII. Data Analysis</p><p>A. Write a chemical equation for each reaction THAT YOU SAW! </p><p>(Hint: if stuck, try clicking on the molecular scale reactions button)</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>B. Rank the metals in order of most reactive to least reactive, similar to Table J, in Table 2 below. What criteria did you use for your rankings?</p><p>Table 6</p><p>Most Reactive </p><p>Least Reactive </p><p>IX. Data Analysis and Conclusions</p><p>Use the data you collected in Activities One, Two, and Three to rank the eight metals you have studied.</p><p>Table 7</p><p>Most Reactive (Active) Least Reactive (Active</p><p>X. Questions:</p><p>1. Using your activity series that you just created, determine if the following reactions will </p><p> occur. If the reaction does NOT occur, write “No Reaction” next to it. If the reaction </p><p>DOES occur, write the products of the reaction.</p><p> a. Ni(NO3)2 + Ag  b. AgNO3 + Sn </p><p> c. Mg(NO3)2 + Ni </p><p> d. Mg + Sn(NO3)2 </p><p> e. AgNO3 + Mg </p><p>2. An unknown metal, M, is found to react with AgNO3, Pb(NO3)2 and Cu(NO3)2, but not </p><p> with Ni(NO3)2, Mg(NO3)2, Zn(NO3)2. Where should the unknown metal, M, appear in </p><p> your activity series? (i.e. between which metals?)</p><p>3. What is a possible identity of unknown metal M? (Hint: use Table J)</p><p>XI. Activity 4</p><p>A. Predict where Hydrogen would be located on your activity series using an “I think…</p><p>Because…” statement. </p><p>B. Click on Activity 4 and follow the directions. Make sure you click on each metal. How can you tell if a reaction is occurring?</p><p>C. What is the gas coming out of the solution? </p><p>D. Using your observations from the activity, and your activity series you created in this lab, where should Hydrogen be located on the table? Support with evidence from Activity 4.</p>