WAEC - Chemistry (2018 - No. 28)
\(Cu\) and \(HNO_{3}\) are not suitable for preparing hydrogen gas because of their
reactivity and oxidation respectively
conductivity and corrosiveness respectively
melting point and reduction respectively
electronegativity and solubility respectively
Explication
Copper is not active enough to replace hydrogen in an acid. Also, nitric acid is a strong oxidizing agent which quickly oxidises hygrogen to water.