Displacement Reactions                                 26 November 2008

Displacement means to push
out and replace with another.

In Chemistry we can do this
with metals and their salts. The metal will only be displaced by its opponent
metal if it is below it in the reactivity series.

If the metal is below that of
the metal salt, there will be no reaction.

Write the displacement
equations for the following metal salts with zinc.

Silver Nitrate

Copper Sulphate

Lead Chloride

Iron Sulphate

Magnesium Chloride

Potassium Nitrate