What is a metal?
The activities in this section include experiments looking at the properties and reactions of metal and non–metal elements.
While we are still at an early stage with this website it's probably more useful to look at the page with our complete list of experiments in alphabetical order. See the list on About this website.
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Experiments
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The combustion of iron wool
In this quick demonstration, iron wool is heated on a simple ‘see-saw’ balance and the increase in mass is shown.
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Reaction of zinc with iodine
In this experiment students note the differences between a metal and a non-metal, and their reaction to form a metal salt.
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Exothermic metal-acid reactions
Measuring the rise in temperature in the exothermic reactions of metal powders with dilute acids.
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Extraction of iron on a match head!
A mini-scale experiment to extract iron by carbon reduction.
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Iron and sulfur reaction
Two elements, iron and sulfur, react together to form a new compound.
