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Question
Give reasons for the following:
Blue colour of copper sulphate solution is destroyed when iron filings are added to it.
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Solution
The blue colour of copper sulphate is destroyed because iron displaces copper from the copper sulphate solution, as iron is more reactive than copper.
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