Solubility Guidelines:
The chart to the right was used all throughout this unit, mostly during work with double displacement reactions and other various chemical reactions. The solubility guidelines show what compounds will be soluble, and with what exceptions may apply to each. This table is used to predict if a precipitate would be created in a reaction. Although we did not use this in our art project, since our chemical reactions did not require the formation of a precipitate. Many people created paint, and to do so they created colored precipitates and mixed the products with a paint base. By using the solubility guidelines it would allow them to confirm that a precipitate would form in the reaction they were making. |
Reactivity Series:
This series of metals is in order from most reactive to least reactive, with most reactive on top and least reactive on the bottom. This table (left) is used in single displacement reactions. It is used to determine if a reaction will take place, and which metal will replace which. In a single displacement reaction, metal A will replace another metal B in a solution if A is higher up in the series. |