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

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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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Chapter 7: Metallurgy - EXERCISE-7C [Page 133]

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S.P. Singh Concise Chemistry [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 7 Metallurgy
EXERCISE-7C | Q 6. (e) | Page 133
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