Activity Series And Solubility
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1Honors Chemistry
Unit 4a
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Activity Series and Solubility Table
Activity Series of Metals:
Activity Series of Non-metals:
Name
Symbol
Name
Symbol
Most active
Most active
Lithium
Li
Fluorine
F
2
Rubidium
Rb
React with cold H
O and
Chlorine
Cl
2
2
Potassium
K
acids, replacing hydrogen.
Bromine
Br
2
Barium
Ba
React with oxygen, forming
Iodine
I
2
Strontium
Sr
oxides.
Least active
Calcium
Ca
Sodium
Na
In single replacement reactions, the more
Magnesium
Mg
active metal replaces the less active
Aluminum
Al
React with steam (but not with
metal ion in solution. The less active
Manganese
Mn
cold H
O) and acids, replacing
metal precipitates out of solution as the
2
Zinc
Zn
hydrogen, React with oxygen,
pure metal.
Chromium
Cr
forming oxides.
Iron
Fe
Likewise, in single replacement
Cadmium
Cd
reactions involving non-metals, the more
Cobalt
Co
Do not react with H
O. React
active non-metal replaces the less active
2
Nickel
Ni
with acids, replacing hydrogen.
non-metal ion in solution. The less
Tin
Sn
React with oxygen forming
active non-metal comes out of solution
Lead
Pb
oxides.
as a gas (Cl
), liquid (Br
) or solid (I
).
2
2
2
(Hydrogen)
(H
+
)
Antimony
Sb
React with oxygen, forming
Bismuth
Bi
oxides.
Copper
Cu
Mercury
Hg
Silver
Ag
Fairly unreactive, forming
Platinum
Pt
oxides only indirectly.
Gold
Au
Least active
General Solubility Guidelines for Ionic Compounds:
1. Most sodium, Na
+
, potassium, K
+
, and ammonium, NH
+
, compounds are soluble in water.
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2. Most nitrate, NO
−
, acetate, CH
COO
−
, and chlorate, ClO
−
, compounds are soluble in water.
3
3
3
3. Most chloride, Cl
−
, compounds are soluble, except those of silver, AgCl, mercury(I), Hg
Cl
, and
2
2
lead, PbCl
. Lead(II) chloride, PbCl
, is soluble in hot water.
2
2
4. Most sulfate, SO
2−
, compounds are soluble, except those of barium, BaSO
, strontium, SrSO
, and
4
4
4
lead, PbSO
.
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5. Most carbonate, CO
2−
, phosphate, PO
3−
, and silicate, SiO
2−
, compounds are insoluble, except
3
4
3
those of sodium, Na
+
, potassium, K
+
, and ammonium, NH
+
.
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6. Most sulfides, S
2−
, compounds are insoluble, except those of calcium, Ca
2+
, strontium, Sr
2+
, sodium,
Na
+
, potassium, K
+
, and ammonium, NH
+
.
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