How does the molecular motion of a substance change when it goes from liquid to solid?

Consider three unlabeled bottles, each contain small pieces of one of the following metals. - Magnesium - Sodium - Silver The fo

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Explanation:

Reagents: Water , 1.0 M HCl, Conc. $HNO_3$

Metal-1 = Magnesium

Metal-2 = Sodium

Metal-3 = Silver

a) Out of these three metals sodium is a soft metal which can be easily cut with help of knife.Sodium metal reacts violently with water to form hydrogen gas and sodium hydroxide.

$Na(s)+H_2O(l)\rightarrow NaOH(aq)+H_2(g)$

b) Out of magnesium and silver, magnesium metal reacts readily with HClto form magnesium chloride and hydrogen gas. Where as silver being noble metal doesn't get attacked by the HCl.

$Mg(s)+2HCl(aq)\rightarrow MgCl_2+H_2$

c) Silver is a noble metal. And noble metals only react with concentrated $HNO_3$ that is nitric acid.

$3Ag(s)+HNO_3(aq)\rightarrow 3AgNO_3(aq)+2H_2O(l)+NO(g)$

d) When few drops of HCl were added to the solution of silver and $HNO_3$ . This will leads to the formation of nascent chloride which reacts with silver metal present in the solution to give silver chloride.

$1HNO_3+3HCL\rightarrow NOCl+2H_2O+2Cl(\text{nascent chloride})$