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Give Reasons for the Following. Copper Cannot Displace Zinc from Its Salt Solution.

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Give reasons for the following.

Copper cannot displace zinc from its salt solution.

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Solution

A metal can displace a less reactive metal from its salt in an aqueous solution. But zinc is more reactive than copper. Therefore, copper cannot displace zinc from its salt solution.

Cu(s) + ZnSO4 (aq) → No reaction

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