Characteristic properties of the transition elements
The characteristic properties of the transition elements are the focus of the experiments in this section. Complex formation, coloured compounds, catalytic behaviour and other aspects of transition metal chemistry are included.
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.
We are starting with GCSE-level experiments.
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Experiments
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An equilibrium involving copper(II) ions
The conversion of hexaaquacopper(II) ions, [Cu(H~2~O)~6~]^2+^, to tetraamminediaquacopper(II) ions, [Cu(NH~3~)~4~(H~2~O)~2~]^2+^, and their reconversion.
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Halogen reactions with iron
Demonstration of the reactions of chlorine, bromine and iodine with iron to show the trend in reactivity in Group 7.
