Test Lab Results Single Displacement Test

Activity 1

Element/Compound	\(`Mg(NO_3)_2`\)	\(`Zn(NO_3)_2`\)	\(`Cu(NO_3)_2`\)	\(`AgNO_3`\)
\(`Mg`\)	N/A	The rod has now a `black coating` around it The solution has not changed much	The rod has now gotten a `light brownish` coating around the rod, the solution has gotten a tiny bit `lighter blue`.	The rod as now gotten a very light `gray coating` around the rod. Not much change in the solution.
\(`Zn`\)	Nothing changed	N/A	The solution has gotten a bit lighter, the `gray rod` now has a brownish coating around it	The rod now has a `silver/light gray` coating around it, nothing changed in the solution
\(`Cu`\)	Nothing changed	Nothing changed	N/A	The rod now has a `silver/gray` coating around it, and the solution turned `turquoise`
\(`Ag`\)	Nothing changed	Nothing changed	Nothing changed	N/A

Element/Compound	\(`Fe(NO_3)_2`\)	\(`Pb(NO_3)_2`\)	\(`Ni(NO_3)_2`\)	\(`Sn(NO_3)_2`\)
\(`Fe`\)	N/A	The solution turned a `medium dark green`, and there is now a `black` coating around the rod	The solution got a bit `darker`, and there is now a `silver/gray` coating around the rod	The solution has gotten a `greyish green`, the rod also now has a `silver/gray` coating
\(`Pb`\)	Nothing changed	N/A	Nothing changed	Nothing changed
\(`Ni`\)	Nothing changed	The solution turned into a `dark green`, and there is now a black coating around the rod	N/A	The solution has gotten a `greyish green`, and there is now a `silver/gray` coating around the rod
\(`Sn`\)	Nothing changed	Nothing changed in solution, there is now a `dark thick black` coating around the rod	Nothing changed	N/A

Element/Compound	\(`Fe(NO_3)_2`\)	\(`Cu(NO_3)_2`\)	\(`Zn(NO_3)_2`\)	\(`Pb(NO_3)_2`\)
\(`Fe`\)	N/A	There is now a `lightish brown/orangish` coating around the rod, the solution hasn’t changed	Nothing changed	The solution now turned `light greyish` green, and there is now a `dark gray` coating around the rod
\(`Cu`\)	Nothing changed	N/A	Nothing changed	Nothing changed
\(`Zn`\)	The solution got more opaque, more `lighter green`, there is now a `silver` coating around the rod	The solution has gotten a lighter blue, and there is now a `orangish brownish` coating around the rod	N/A	Nothing changed in solution, there is now a `dark gray` coating around the rod
\(`Pb`\)	Nothing changed	The solution got lighter, into a `lighter blue`, and there is now a `orangish brownish` coating around the rod	Nothing changed	N/A

Note: The data tables are not ordered in a specific way, they are ordered in the order appeared in the website with some minor tweaks.
By starting looking at the first table, we can see that Ag reacts with the least amount of solutions. Since this is an good observation, lets assume that the elements that reacts the least in each activity are the strongest elements, and the opposite be the weakest elements (weak and strong right now have no real meaning), lets order the elements and see how they vary:

By combining the above 3 lists, we can get a general list of whos weaker and whos strong, as listed below:
\(`Ag, Cu, Pb, Sn, Ni, Fe, Zn, Mg`\),
Also, we can look at the different colours each rod makes, Copper seems to make a orangish brown coating around the rod with weaker elements, Iron seems to make a greyish green solution with dark gray/gray coating with wekaer elements.
Elements only react with a weaker element.
We can also see that weaker elements are more reactive than stronger elements