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Question
Give a reason why zinc displaces hydrogen from dilute sulphuric acid but copper does not.
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Solution
Zinc (more electropositive) and being above [H] inactivity series displace hydrogen from dilute sulphuric acid but copper is below [H] in electrochemical series cannot displace hydrogen from sulphuric acid.
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