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Explain the reason: Why 'food containing iron salts' should not be cooked in aluminium utensils? - Chemistry

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Explain the reason:

Why 'food containing iron salts' should not be cooked in aluminium utensils?

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Aluminium comes before iron in the metal activity series, so it can displace iron from iron salts; thus, food containing iron salts should not be cooked in aluminium utensils.

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