albertlee Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 how do you determine the reactivity of transition metals....??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 I don`t, I use an electromotive series chart to back-up what`s IN and what isn`t in memory, trying to memorise this or work it out adds needless time. it`s all about ballance, how many available electrons in the outer shell and how close or far away from the nucleus. that all has the weighed up and calculated Pauling did an admirable job with respect to percentage of Ionic difference, you`de be favoured reading his calcs, personaly I can`t be bothered, anymore than I can be to memorise the PTOE. I`de start there tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DQW Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 http://www.unr.edu/sb204/geology/mas.html (most reactive) Lithium Potassium Calcium Sodium Magnesium Aluminum Manganese Zinc Chromium Iron Lead Copper Mercury Silver Platinum Gold (Least Reactive) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 information can be found in linus pauling's works. just a note: electronegativity does not directly correlate with activity. by the way, we would use activity and not reactivity, as reactivity implies the presence of another reactant. one could say that, say, iodine is more reactive than sodium when mixed with lithium. we could also say that molten lead is more reactive with oxygen than, say, iron. activity is based on potential differences- oxidation and reduction potentials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DQW Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 I should clarify that the list I provided above ranks elements by activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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