a What is meant by the reactivity series of metals Arrange the following metals in an increasing ord...

Question

a What is meant by the reactivity series of metals Arrange the following metals in an increasing order of their reactivities towards water Zinc Iron Magnesium Sodium b Hydrogen is not a metal but still it has been assigned a place in the reactivity series of metals Why c Name one metal more reactive and another less reactive than hydrogen d Name one metal which displaces copper from copper sulphate solution and one which does not e Name one metal which displaces silver from silver nitrate solution and one which does not

Accepted Answer

a Reactivity series is the series of arrangement in a vertical column in decreasing order of their reactivities Increasing order of reactivity Iron Zinc Magnesium Sodium b Hydrogen is not a metal but it is placed in the reactivity series of metals due to the fact that like metals hydrogen also loses electrons and forms positive ions c Lead is more reactive than hydrogen and copper is less reactive than hydrogen d Zinc displaces copper from copper sulphate solution and mercury does not displaces copper from copper sulphate solution e Copper displaces silver from silver nitrate but gold does not do this

Lakhmir Singh Solutions Class 10 Chemistry Solutions for Exercise in Chapter 3 - Chapter 3 Metals and Non Metals