Chemical properties of metals

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Chemical properties of metals: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as burning of metals in air, burning of sodium in air, reactions of metals with water, reaction of potassium with water, and reaction of sodium with water.

Important Questions on Chemical properties of metals

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Zinc reacts with cold water to form zinc oxide.

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What is the product formed when zinc reacts with water?

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Give the reaction of zinc with water.

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Magnesium oxide reacts with water to form an acid.

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Complete the following reaction:

_____ + H2O  Mg(OH)2

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Magnesium oxide reacts with water to form magnesium hydride.

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What is the product formed when magnesium oxide reacts with water?

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Give the metal displacement reaction between zinc and copper sulphate.

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Write the chemical reaction between aluminium metal and manganese dioxide.

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What are metal salts and explain how aluminium reacts with the metal salt, manganese dioxide?

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The reaction of metal with metal salt solution involves which type of reaction mechanism?

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What happens when metals react with solutions of other metal salts?

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Copper reacts with concentrated nitric acid to produce nitric oxide.

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Magnesium reacts with very dilute nitric acid to liberate hydrogen gas.

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Hot, concentrated nitric acid reacts with sulphur to form _____.

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Cold, dilute nitric acid reacts with copper to give _____.

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What are the similarities and difference between the two events namely adding NaOH to water and adding CaO to water.

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Choose the right word and fill in the blank provided below.

_____ reacts with a very dilute HNO3 to evolve hydrogen gas. (Manganese, Calcium)

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Choose the right word and fill in the blank provided below.

_____ gas is produced when dilute hydrochloric acid is added to a reactive metal. (Hydrogen, Nitrogen)

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Arrange the following metals in the decreasing order of reactivity Na, K, Cu and Ag.