Sample of four metals $A, B, C$ , and $D$ were taken and added to the following solution one by one. The results obtained have been tabulated as follows :
Metal Iron $(I I)$ Sulphate Copper $(I I)$ Sulphate Zinc Sulphate Silver Nitrate
A No reaction Displacement
B

Displacement
C No reaction No reaction No reaction Displacement
D
No reaction

Use the table above to answer the questions about metal $A, B, C$ and $D$ .
What would you observe when $B$ is added to a solution of Copper $(I I)$ sulfate?

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Solution

Order of reactivity of Iron, Zinc, Copper, and Silver: Zinc > Iron > Copper > Silver.
So, a metal that displaces zinc metal from its solution is the most reactive element and metal B displace zinc from its solution.
Hence, B is the most reactive metal among the given metal.
So, if metal B is added to Copper (II) Sulphate solution, it displaces copper from copper sulphate.

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\begin{matrix} M e t a l & I r o n (I I) s u l p h a t e & C o o p e r (I I) s u l p h a t e & Z i n c s u l p h a t e & S i l v e r n i t r a t e A . & N o r e a c t i o n & D i s p l a c e m e n t B . & D i s p l a c e m e n t & N o r e a c t i o n C . & N o r e a c t i o n & N o r e a c t i o n & N o r e a c t i o n & D i s p l a c e m e n t D . & N o r e a c t i o n & N o r e a c t i o n & N o r e a c t i o n & N o r e a c t i o n \end{matrix}

\begin{matrix} M e t a l & I r o n (I I) s u l p h a t e & C o o p e r (I I) s u l p h a t e & Z i n c s u l p h a t e & S i l v e r n i t r a t e A . & N o r e a c t i o n & D i s p l a c e m e n t B . & D i s p l a c e m e n t & N o r e a c t i o n C . & N o r e a c t i o n & N o r e a c t i o n & N o r e a c t i o n & D i s p l a c e m e n t D . & N o r e a c t i o n & N o r e a c t i o n & N o r e a c t i o n & N o r e a c t i o n \end{matrix}

Samples of four metals A, B, C and D were taken and added to the following solution one by one. The results obtained have been tabulated as follows.

Use the Table above to answer the following questions about metals A, B, C and D.

(i) Which is the most reactive metal?

(ii) What would you observe if B is added to a solution of copper (II) sulphate?

(iii) Arrange the metals A, B, C and D in the order of decreasing reactivity.

\begin{matrix} M e t a l & I r o n (I I) s u l p h a t e & C o o p e r (I I) s u l p h a t e & Z i n c s u l p h a t e & S i l v e r n i t r a t e A . & N o r e a c t i o n & D i s p l a c e m e n t B . & D i s p l a c e m e n t & N o r e a c t i o n C . & N o r e a c t i o n & N o r e a c t i o n & N o r e a c t i o n & D i s p l a c e m e n t D . & N o r e a c t i o n & N o r e a c t i o n & N o r e a c t i o n & N o r e a c t i o n \end{matrix}

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