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Easiest way to learn the reactivity series!!!

Creds to the makers of this, needs sharing more
https://youtu.be/DLlykUHHAcQ
First up potassium
Sodium
And calcium
(Yeah) magnesium
And aluminium
Just for comparison
Carbon’s there to jam with them
(It’s not really a metal)
Zinc
Iron
Tin
And lead
Hydrogen
And copper next
Silver
Gold
And platinuuuummm
The mnemonic I was taught way back in the mid 1970s was

Please - Potassium
Sir - Sodium
Can - Calcium
My - Magnesium
Aunt - Aluminium
Called - Carbon
Zena - Zinc
Iron - Iron
Twice - Tin
Laboriously - Lead
Henry - Hydrogen
Cooper's - Copper
Merciless - Mercury
Silver - Silver
Gloves - Gold
P.S. - Platinum

For the younger generation Henry Cooper was a British heavyweight boxer.
(edited 5 years ago)

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