chemistry reacting acids with metals

• identify the three main acids

  hydrochloric acid

  sulfuric acid

  nitric acid
• what does a metal + an acid make


  a salt + hydrogen
• how do you name an acid with hydrochloric acid?


  (metal name) chloride
• how do you name an acid reaction with sulfuric acid


  (metal name) sulfate
• What do all acids have in common?


  They all contain hydrogen
• why do most metals displace the hydrogen in acids?


  higher up in reactivity series
• how fast is the reaction with a dilute acid for magnesium?


  very rapid, they easily form mg2+ ions
• how fast is the reaction with a dilute acid for zinc?


  quite rapid, the quite easily form zn2+ ions
• how fast is the reaction with a dilute acid for iron?


  slow reaction, less easily form fe2+ ions
• The reaction between an acid and a metal is exothermic.
• the more reactive the metal, the faster it will react with an acid.
• when a metal reacts with an acid, the metal loses electrons to become positively charged ions (cations).
• When a metal reacts with an acid, the acid gains electrons to become negatively charged ions (anions)