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Displacement Reactions

Ngā Whāinga Ako 🔗


Mahi Tuatahi 🔗

  1. Write down the general reaction for a precipitation reaction
  2. What is a precipitate?
  3. Write a word equation for a reaction between sodium hydroxide and copper carbonate
  4. Will a precipitate form during this reaction? (Solubility rules)


Displacement Reactions 🔗

\newline[ \begin{aligned} A + BC \longrightarrow B + AC \end{aligned} \newline]

A reaction where an ion (B) is replaced by another ion (A) in a compound.


Tauria Tahi 🔗

A piece of copper is placed into a solution of silver nitrate. The copper replaces the silver, making copper nitrate and silver.

  1. Write a word equation
  2. Write a symbol equation

  1. copper + silver nitrate $\longrightarrow$ + copper nitrate + silver
  2. $Cu + AgNO_{3} \longrightarrow Cu(NO_{3})_{2} + Ag$

Precipitation vs. Displacement 🔗


Tauria Rua 🔗

A piece of magnesium is dropped into a copper sulfate solution.

  1. Write a word equation
  2. Write a symbol equation
    • Include states
    • Try to balance it!

Why Does Displacement Occur? 🔗

In humans a couple might break up (be displaced) because one partner has found someone more attractive.

In chemistry, one ion displaces another because it is more reactive.


Activity Series 🔗

Note which end is the most and least reactive on your resource sheet.

\newline[ \begin{aligned} & \text{Most Reactive} \longrightarrow \text{Least Reactive} \newline & Ca, Mg, Al, Zn, Fe, Pb, (H), Cu, Ag \end{aligned} \newline]


Tauria Toru 🔗

  1. Write a word equation
  2. Write a symbol equation (with states and balanced)