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The Reactivity Series: How Metals React and How We Extract Them

By Isabella Lassman

Chemistry · GCSE · AQA · 13 slides · Not used yet

Key words: element, compound, ore
Element
Element
A substance made of only ONE type of atom – it cannot be broken down chemically. Metals like iron and copper are elements.
Compound
Compound
A substance made of two or more elements chemically joined in fixed proportions. Example: iron oxide, found in rocks.
Ore
Ore
A rock that contains enough metal (in a compound) to make extraction worthwhile. Extracting the metal needs a chemical reaction.
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What’s in this lesson

  1. 1 Key words: element, compound, ore Free to read
  2. 2 Oxidation and Reduction with Oxygen Free to read
  3. 3 Building the Reactivity Series Free to read
  4. 4 Building the Reactivity Series
  5. 5 Metals Reacting with Water and Acids
  6. 6 Displacement: a more reactive metal wins
  7. 7 Writing Half Equations for Redox Reactions
  8. 8 From Ore to Metal in Three Stages
  9. 9 Check your understanding
  10. 10 Check your understanding
  11. 11 What decides the extraction method
  12. 12 Electrolysis: Extracting Reactive Metals
  13. 13 Quantitative Chemistry: Reacting Mass Calculations

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