Essential Chemistry for IGCSE - Metals And Reactivity (Section 4 - No. 5)
When a more reactive metal is added to a solution of a less reactive metal's salt, what happens to the more reactive metal?
It is reduced.
It gains electrons.
It displaces the less reactive metal.
It dissolves in the solution and the temperature decreases.
Explanation
The more reactive metal displaces the ions of the less reactive metal.
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