Stage 1 Chemistry
Reactions of Group I and II Elements and Their Compounds.
Results:
Reactions of Group I Elements
Chemical Observations Appearance Colour when Phenolphthalein was added
Lithium Before added to the H²O it had already acted with the oxygen creating lithium oxide. When added to the H2O the piece of Lithium starts to bubble (sizzle), produces heat, and dissolves . Looks like a piece of chalk, and is grey/silver in the middle once it has been cut open. Very soft to cut. Turns to Lithium Hydroxide as the H2O turns pink.
Sodium and Phenolphthalein When added to the H2O the small piece of Sodium goes out of control (spazzes), rolls on top of the H2O, produces heat and melts. Makes a loud buzzing sound and also turns into Looks like
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dissolved slightly and the liquid went a milky colour
Compounds of group 1 elements
Chemical Symbol Appearance pH level/Colour Reaction with H2O
Sodium Chloride NaCl White powder salt pH7, green Dissolves very slowly
Sodium Carbonate Na²COз Powder salt. Colourless when added to water pH11, Dark Purple Dissolves at a medium speed
Potassium Carbonate K²COз Wet salt like substance pH10, Purple Goes cloudy, and dissolves at a medium speed
Potassium Chloride KCl Dry/hard salt pH7, green Colourless, dissolves fast
Potassium sulphate K²SO4 White crystal like substance Ph6.5, yellow/green Liquid stays colourless, dissolves very slow
Sodium thiosulfate- pentahydrate Na2S2O3 Clear crystal pH9, blue Dissolves at a medium speed
Lithium chloride LiCl Solid white salt pH9.5, Blue/Purple Dissolves, and stays colourless
Sodium hydroxide NaOH Hard white salt pH11, Dark Purple Dissolves slowly
Potassium hydroxide KOH Soft white salt pH11, Dark purple Dissolves fast, goes
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Water goes powdery
Magnesium carbonate MgCO3 White powder like substance pH9.5 Doesn’t dissolve goes milky
Magnesium oxide MgO White powder like substance pH9.8 Doesn’t dissolve. Liquid is powdery and clear.
Barium Chloride BaCl2 White sugar like substance pH7 Dissolves into a clear liquid
Barium Hydroxide Ba(OH)2 White powder like substance pH11 Doesn’t dissolve water is clear but powdery
Calcium Chloride CaCl2 White small rock like substance pH11 Sticky, dissolvable
Magnesium sulphate MgSO4 Clear crystal like substance pH7.2 Dissolves and water stays clear
Barium carbonate BaCO3 White/yellow power like substance pH7.8 Doesn’t dissolve, water goes milky/clear
Magnesium Chloride MgCl2 Salt Shape like substance pH8.2 Dissolvable water stayed clear
Discussion:
The lower the metal is in the group the faster it will react with water. This was seen to be true for both groups one and two. In all cases the metals reacted to form Hydrogen Gas ad a solution that was alkaline. Down the group the electronegativity decreases which results in a metal element losing its valance electrons more easily and hence reacting more
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the bubbles during the reaction. Starch acts to trap these bubbles and this creates a
Solub. Or Reaction w/ hot H20: no change observed from the cool water and is soluble
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From highest to lowest energy emitted, the metal ions are as follows: potassium ions, copper ions, barium ions, sodium ions, calcium ions, strontium ions, and lithium ions.
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All elements had a reaction but potassium had a greater more rapid reaction than the others. This indicates that elements that are lower in the periodic group will have a faster and greater reaction. This is due to its decreased electronegativity where it is easier for that element to lose its valence electron and hence having a faster and greater reaction, as the last elements in group 1 have a greater atomic radius than the beginning elements of group 1. In all elements there was a reaction which created hydrogen gas and made a solution that was alkaline. All the elements dissolved and turned the water purple; this indicates that all the elements tested are base, Alkali metals elements.
1 tsp. water- (compound) H2O. H20 is the basic chemical formula for water, which is Hydrogen2 + Oxygen and that means that there is 2 Hydrogen Particles with 1 oxygen particle. Water makes it easier for the bath bomb to dissolve in water. The water in also there to mix all the ingredients together, to bring them together.
When mixed with hydrochloric acid (appendix 4), they react violently, hence why only a small portion was allowed for this experiment. This supports the hypothesis, that is, it was predicted that such a reaction would occur as these metals are highly reactive, hence why the hydrogen gas produced was clearly visible (appendix 5). Tin is less reactive, however, according to the Metal Reactivity Series, reacts with acids at an extremely slow rate. This was evident in the experiment; however, more of a reaction would have occurred if the time frame was expanded. The metal was only left in the acid for five minutes; therefore, it had no reaction but could of, had it been left a while longer. Magnesium and Calcium are both alkaline earth metals which means that they all have an oxidation number of ‘+2’, making them highly reactive. Calcium is more reactive than Magnesium even though it is located below it on the periodic table (appendix 6) because its electron configuration is ‘2,8,8,2’ while Magnesium’s is ‘2,8,2’. This means that Calcium has more shells which, therefore, means that there is less of an attraction to the nucleus. This makes it easier for Calcium to lose electrons and react more so than Magnesium. According to the Metal Reactivity Series, in order from the most reactive to the least reactive, tin is located at around the middle of the
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The main purpose of this experiment was to show that single displacement reactions between metals according to their reactivity, with more reactive elements having the power to displace less reactive elements and take their place in a chemical compound (Beran, 2014). This was supported by the results of the experiment, where solid metals were combined with aqueous solutions that contained another element, and reactions only took place when the solid metal was more reactive than the other element in the compound. Only three attempted trials resulted in a failure to produce a reaction, namely the combinations of copper with hydrochloric acid, and copper with nickel sulfate. The outcomes of these trials are justifiably reasonable because copper is ranked lower in the
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The contents of the beakers are mixed, and the reaction was timed until the solution turns blue.