Understanding the activity series

There can be considerable confusion for standard level students over the position of certain metals in the many activity series that can be found online. Many online searches state that the activity series is the same as the reactivity series. Some (re)activity series place potassium at the top as the most reactive common metal whereas others put lithium at the top. So which is correct?By looking at the reactions of...

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