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प्रश्न
What is meant by the metal reactivity series ? State its importance, (any two points).
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उत्तर
A list in which the metals are arranged in the decreasing order of their chemical reactivity is called the metal reactivity series.
Special features of the activity series:
- The ease with which a metal in solution loses electron(s) and forms a positive ion decreases down the series, i.e. from potassium to gold.
- Hydrogen is included in the activity series because, like metals do, it too loses an electron and becomes positively charged (H+) in most chemical reactions.
- The series facilitates the comparative study of metals in terms of the degree of their reactivity.
- The compounds of the metals (oxides, carbonates, nitrates and hydroxides) too can be easily compared.
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