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Reactivity of Different Metals with Acids

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What do you mean by reactivity series? Arrange the following metals in the decreasing order of their reactivity with acids.

Aluminium, Iron, Copper, Sodium, Silver.

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Reactivity series is a series of arrangements of metals in decreasing order of their reactivity.

The order of reactivity of the above metals with acids are.

Sodium > Aluminium > Iron > Copper > Silver

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