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Investigate the reactivity of metals

In this reaction you are going to add metals to acid and time how long the reaction takes to finish.

The reaction that finished the quickest is the one involving the most reactive metal.

Apparatus and chemicals

  • 250 cm3 beaker
  • 100cm3 measuring cylinder
  • 0.5g of each test metal - magnesium, zinc and iron
  • Hydrochloric acid (300cm3)
  • Stopwatch