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Zinc can easily displace hydrogen from dilute Sulphuric acid but copper cannot. Explain.
Zinc can easily displace hydrogen from dilute Sulphuric acid but copper cannot. Explain.
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- Displacement reaction is a chemical reaction in which a more reactive element displaces a less reactive element from its compound
- Reactivity of zinc is more than hydrogen but the reactivity of copper is less than hydrogen in the electrochemical series.
- It displaces hydrogen in dilute sulphuric acid and while copper is less reactive than hydrogen therefore it cannot displace hydrogen in dilute sulphuric acid.
- Displacement reaction is a chemical reaction in which a more reactive element displaces a less reactive element from its compound
- Reactivity of zinc is more than hydrogen but the reactivity of copper is less than hydrogen in the electrochemical series.
- It displaces hydrogen in dilute sulphuric acid and while copper is less reactive than hydrogen therefore it cannot displace hydrogen in dilute sulphuric acid.
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