Chemistry A-Level
Reactions with water, oxygen and acids
What Reactions with water, oxygen and acids means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The metals react with oxygen to form oxides, with water to form hydroxides and hydrogen, and with dilute acids to form salts and hydrogen.
Topics that use Reactions with water, oxygen and acids
- Group 2 (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Acid indigestion treatment
- Atomic radius and shielding down Group 2
- Balanced symbol equations
- Formation of 2⁺ ions
- Formation of metal hydroxides and hydrogen
- Formation of metal oxides MO
- Group 2 compounds as bases
- Group 2 reactions with dilute acids
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