The electron releasing tendency of zinc is ________ than that of copper.

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The electron releasing tendency of zinc is more than that of copper.
It is because of the nature of zinc, it is more oxidized than that copper which means that zinc has electrons that can be easily lost or given by.
Also copper metal is able to delocalize its outer electron more easily than that zinc which makes copper stronger than zinc.
Therefore, the electron releasing tendency of zinc is more than that of copper.

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