Single Displacement Chemistry Example 3

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Example 3

easy
Will gold (Au) react with CuSO4\text{CuSO}_4 solution? (Au is below Cu in the activity series.)

Solution

  1. 1
    Gold is less reactive than copper (lower in the activity series).
  2. 2
    A less reactive metal cannot displace a more reactive one. No reaction occurs.

Answer

No reaction\text{No reaction}
The activity series predicts that less active metals will not displace more active metals. This is why gold is found as a free element in nature — it resists reaction.

About Single Displacement

A chemical reaction in which a free (uncombined) element that is more reactive displaces and replaces a less reactive element within a compound, producing a.

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More Single Displacement Examples

Example 1 easy

Write the balanced equation for zinc metal reacting with hydrochloric acid.

Example 2 medium

Will copper react with silver nitrate solution? If so, write the balanced equation. (Activity series

Example 4 hard

Zinc metal is placed in a copper(II) sulfate solution ([formula]). The solution gradually loses its

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