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(i) Hydrogen is not a metal but it has been assigned a place in the reactivity series of metals. Explain.(ii) How would you show that silver is chemically less reactive than copper? |
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Answer» (i) Though hydrogen is not a metal but even then it has been assigned a place in the activity series. The reason is that like metals, hydrogen also has a tendency to lose electron and forms a positive ion H+ On the other hand, if a copper plate is placed in a solution of silver nitrate, copper will slowly displace silver from the solution and blue solution of copper nitrate is formed. |
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