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Activities and Explorations: 10 points, Due Sunday April 23, 11:59 PM Ordering Reducing Agents Based Upon Lab Data (2023 version) Instructions: Upload your work on this page to Brightspace by typing or writing your responses and saving the file and uploading that file as a docx or pdf (not HEIC or pages). You can also take pictures of your written work and paste them in. Learning Objectives 18.1 Balancing Redox Reactions Identify oxidized species, reduced species, oxidizing agent and reducing agent in a redox reaction Explain observations about redox reactions in terms of spontaneity and strength of oxidizing or reducing agent Order oxidizing or reducing agent in terms of strength using information from chemical observations Instructions: Complete the following problems. Show your work for credit, not simply the answers! Imagine that you carry out the following reactions in lab and have recorded the following observations. SnCl 2 (aq) + Ni(s) NiCl 2 (aq) + Sn(s) Spontaneous Ni(NO 3 ) 2 (aq) + Fe(s) Ni(s) + Fe(NO 3 ) 2 (aq) Spontaneous Zn(NO 3 ) 2 (aq) + Fe(s) No reaction Non spontaneous 1. (2 pts.) For the first two reactions, identify what is oxidized and what is reduced. 1 st reaction SnCl2 is reduced to Sn………Ni is oxidized to NiCl2 2 nd reaction Fe is oxidized to Fe(NO3)2…….Ni is reduced 2. What role does the Cl ion play in the first reaction? What role does the nitrate ion play in the second? Cl- acts as a spectator ion and does not participate in the reaction. The role of Cl- is balancing the charge of Ni2+ 3. (2 pts.) Use the lab observations to order the oxidizing agents from weakest to strongest. Zn2+, Fe2+, Ni2+, Sn2+ 4. (2 pts.) Use the lab observations to order the reducing agents from weakest to strongest. Sn , Ni, Fe, Zn
5. (2 pts.) Will SnCl 2 react with Zn (make a claim)? Justify your response using the lab observations. It does not react bc its to metal an diron and not spontaneous….iron cannot oxidize the SnCl because it’s a weak oxidizing agent. 6. (2 pts.) Will Fe 2+ react with Sn (make a claim)? Justify your response using the lab observations. I can infer from the reactions that Fe2+ does not interact with Sn. A further indication that Fe(s) is not reactive with the nitrate ion (NO3-) is the reaction Zn(NO3)2(aq) + Fe(s) No reaction. Therefore, it follows that Fe2+ and the chloride ion (Cl-) in SnCl2(aq) would not interact. According to laboratory tests, adding a piece of Sn metal to a solution containing Fe2+ ions results in no reaction. This is due to Sn's lower level of reactivity compared to Fe, which prevents it from displacing Fe2+ from its salt solution. We may therefore assert that Fe2+ and Sn won't react.
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