The Reactivity of MetalsPlanning:Objective: Put these 5 metals in the order of reactivity.* Iron* Copper* Magnesium* Lead* ZincScientific information: A displacement reaction is one in which a more reactive element with a compound and pushes out a less reactive element. For example, magnesium will react with ferrous sulfate to push the iron outward and form magnesium sulfate. I have carried out preliminary experiments and they have shown me that the reactivity of metals and elements can be deciphered from the table of elements, this will tell you how reactive a metal or element is simply by looking at which group it is in and in which period. The reactivity series begins with potassium, the most reactive metal, and ends with platinum, the least reactive. The reactivity of elements depends on how many electrons it has on the outer shell and also on how close the outer shell of the element is to the nucleus. to perform we can decide how reactive a metal is by representing the energy exchange on an energy exchange graph the equation to calculate the energy exchange is as follows: Q=MC∆T this information from here can be shown on a graph of energy exchange:[IMAGE] Once the graph has been drawn you can see that the element that consumes the most energy is the most reactive. Iron is extracted using a blast furnace. Iron ore, coke and limestone are added to the blast furnace which has been heated to 1500°C, the coke burns and produces carbon dioxide, the carbon dioxide then reacts with the unburned coke to form carbon monoxide, then reduces the iron ore into iron. In other cases of metals the most common way of extracting the metal from its ore is by chemical reaction and electrolysis. The more reactive the metals are; like magnesium, the more difficult they are to extract from the mineral they claim