BHARATHIYA VIDYA

BHAVAN

THIRUNAVAYA KENDRA
MALAPPURAM DIST.
KERALA

Let Noble thoughts come to us from every

side

DEPARTMENT OF Chemistry

PROJECT REPORT

2012-2012
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STUDY OF RELATIVE
REACTIVITY OF
METALS

Name

RAHUL VP

Class

XII

Register number

Date of submission

Teacher in charge
ISHAM

/ 12 /2012
MR.MOHAMMED

CERTIFICATE
REPORT OF PRACTICAL WORK IN
CHEMISTRY

This is to certify that the project titled

STUDY OF REACTIVITY OF METALS was
successfully carried out by RAHUL V P in
partial fulfillment of the requirement of
AISSCE examination from senior secondary
school BHARATIYA VIDYA
BHAVAN,THIRUNAVAYA KENDRA,Affiliated to
CBSE,New Delhi during the year 2012-2013

Register number

Date

/ 12 /2012

Mrs.Nirmala Chandran

Guided by:

Principal,
Mr.Mohammed Isham
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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,

charge)

(Teacher in

Tirunavaya Kendra.

External Examiner

CONTENTS
SL.N
O

TITLE

ACKNOLEDGEMENT

INTRODUCTION

AIM OF THE PROJECT

APPARATUS AND CHEMICALS

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PROCEDURE

OBSERVATIONS

RESULT

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I

wish to express my deep gratitude and sincere thanks to

our beloved

PRINCIPAL MRS. NIRMALA CHANDRAN ,

BHARATHIYA VIDYA BHAVAN, THIRUNAVAYA
for all the facilities that she provided for this
project work. I sincerely appreciate
this
magnanimity by taking me into her for which I shall
remain indebted to her.

I extend my hearty thanks to

MR. MOHHAMMED ISHAM CHEMISTRY

TEACHER who guided me to the successful
completion of this project. I take this opportunity
to express my deep sense of gratitude for his
invaluable guidance, constant encouragement,
constructive comments and immense motivation
which has sustained my efforts at all stages of this
project work.I am very thankful to our LAB
ASSISTANT MS.REEJA for her valuable services.i
am also thankful to my group members who have
helped me in each step of my project work.

I cant forget to offer my sincere thanks to my

classmates who helped me to carry out this project
work successfully and for their valuable advice and
support which I received from them time to time.
Finally I would like to thank CBSE for giving me an
opportunity to undertake this project.

INTRODUCTION
The relative reactivity of various metals can
be conveniently predicted from the
electrochemical series.In the electrochemical
series different metals are arranged in the
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increasing order of their standerd reduction

potentials.Hence the metals occupying
higher position in the series are more
reactive than those occupying lower
positions
Any metal in the electrochemical series can
displace all other metals lying below it from
the solution of their salts.this means that a
more reactive metal can displace a less
reactive one from its salt solution.For
example,zinc is more reactive than copper
.Therefor zinc can displace from copper
sulphate solution.
Thus,by studying the interaction of metals
with the salt solution of their metals it is
possible to compare the reactivities of
different metals.

AIM OF THE PROJECT

The aim of the project is to arrange

magnesium,iron,zinc and copper in the
decreasing order of their reactivities by
studying their interaction with salt solutions.
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APPARATUS & CHEMICALS

i)

Test tubes and test tube stand.

ii)

Metals like
Iron(Fe),Zinc(Zn),Magnesium(Mg),Copper(cu)
.

iii) Small measuring cylinders.

iv) 0.25M solution of zinc sulphate,copper
sulphate,ferrous sulphate &magnesium
sulphate.
..

PROCEDURE
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i)

Measure out 5ml of zinc sulphate,ferrous

sulphate and copper sulphate solutions
separetly into three test tubes.

ii)

Put a piece of clean magnesium wire in each

solution.

iii) After about half an hour,examine the metal

surface and note the change in colour of the
solution,If any,in all the test tubes.Record
the observations.
iv) Clean the test tubes and perform the
experiment with the following combination of
metal and salt solutions.

a)
Zinc metal and solutions of
magnesium sulphate,ferrous sulphate and
copper sulphate.
b)
Iron metal and solutions of magnesium
sulphate,Zinc sulphate and copper
sulphate.

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c)Copper metal and solutions of magnesium

sulphate,zinc sulphate and ferrous
sulphate

OBSERVATIONS
Meta
ls
adde
d

Salt
solutio
ns
taken

Colour of the solution

Initial

Final

Mg

Znso4

Colourless

Colourless

Appearanc Inference
e of the
metal
surface
Grey coating Mg displaces Zn

Mg

Feso4

White

Colourless

Silver coating

Mg displaces Fe

Mg

Cuso4

Pale blue

Dark blue

Brown
coating

Mg displaces Cu

Zn

Mgso4

Colourless

Dull white

No reaction

No displacement
reaction takes place

Zn

Feso4

White

Colourless

Yellowcoating Zn replaces Fe

Zn

Cuso4

Pale blue

Yellow colour

Brown
coating

Zn replaces Cu

Fe

Mgso4

Colourless

Colourless

No reaction

No displacement
reaction takes place

Fe

Znso4

Colourless

Colourless

No reaction

No displacement
reaction takes place

Fe

Cuso4

Pale blue

Yellow colour

Brown
coating

Fe displaces Cu

Cu

Mgso4

Colourless

Colourless

No reaction

No displacement
reaction takes place

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Cu

Znso4

Colourless

Dull white

No reaction

No displacement
reaction takes place

Cu

Feso4

White

Colourless

No reaction

No displacement
reaction takes place

RESULT
i) Since Mg displaces all the other three
metals from their salt solutions,it is
the most reactive among the four
metals.
ii)
Since Cu does not displace any of
these metals from their salt
solutions,it is the least reactive
among the four.
iii)
Zn is more reactive than Fe and Cu
but less reactive than Mg.
iv)
Fe is more reactive than Cu but
less reactive than Mg and Zn.

v)

The order of reactivity of these

metals is
Mg > Zn > Fe > Cu

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Practical chemistry[class- Xi & Xii of HIGHER

SECONDARY & VHSE]

Wikipedia
www.icbse.com
www.google.com[search Engine]

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