The United States Mint uses electrolysis to copper plate zinc pennies by placing them in a Cu2+ solution and connecting the pennies and the copper electrode to a battery. Enter the half-reaction that takes place when pennies are plated with solid copper. Include phases.

Are the zinc pennies the cathode or the anode

1) elements in the same group have the same number of valence electrons.

for example halogens have 7 valence electrons.

group 17 (halogens) elements are: fluorine (f), chlorine (cl), bromine (br) and iodine (i). they are very reactive and easily form many compounds.

2) elements in the same period have the same number of electron shells.

for example all elements in period 2 have two electron shells.

3) metallic elements become less reactive as you move left to right in a period.

for example, magnesium (right) is less reactive than sodium (left).

4) metallic elements become more reactive as you move top to bottom in a group.

for example, potassium (down in group 1) is more reactive than sodium (up in group 1).