Question

Food cans are coated with tin and not with zinc because​

Answer 1

zinc is more reactive than tin. Due to this, food can be preserved in tin containers but if you keep food in a zinc container, then food will get spoiled. Thus, food cans are coated with tin and not with zinc because zinc is more reactive than tin.

Answer 2

Answer:

zinc is a reactive metal so it makes compounds with the food that the food cans are coated with tin which is much less reactive than zinc.