Tag: reaction of metals

All the alkali metals react vigorously with cold water. In each reaction, hydrogen gas is given off and the metal hydroxide is produced. The speed and violence of the reaction increases as you go down the group. This shows that the reactivity of thealkali metals increases as you go down group 1. And sodium is a group 1 element.

Metals react with water to form alkaline metallic hydroxides.
$Ca+{ H } _{ 2 }O\rightarrow Ca\left( OH \right) _{ 2 }\downarrow +{ H } _{ 2 }\uparrow $

All metal oxides loses oxygen and are therefore reduced. Metals always occur in their oxidized state in ores. In order to convert an ore to its elemental state, it is reduced.

Metals react with air (oxygen) to form metal oxides. Metals react with oxygen to form basic oxides or amphoteric oxides. 

Metals reacts with water to form a metal hydroxide or metal oxides and hydrogen gas.

When zinc reacts with steam it produces zinc oxide and releases hydrogen gas.

The metal $M$ is copper $(Cu)$ which reacts with oxygen when heated in the air to form black coloured copper(ll) oxide. The reaction can be written as:
$2Cu + O _{2} \rightarrow 2CuO$

Magnesium and zinc do not react with cold water. They form their respective oxides when reacted with hot water.
$   Mg        +          H _2O         \rightarrow           MgO         +       H _2  $
                            (hot water)

Sodium metal is very reactive. It reacts vigorously with oxygen and water. A lot of heat is generated in this reaction. Hence, it is stored in kerosene.

Metals like Na, K react violently with cold water to evolve hydrogen gas that catches fire. Ca on other hand, reacts less violently with cold water giving out hydrogen gas which does not catch fire.