Question

In a chemical reaction of copper +nitric acid, why copper displace hydrogen in the nitric acid solution?...It shouldn't be because copper is less reactive than hydrogen, but why is so?

Answer 1

Answer:

Answer. Copper is an unreactive metal and doesn't react in normal circumstances with dilute acids. ... Nitric acid is an oxidizing agent and the reaction is not the usual acid + metal reaction. The products are oxides of nitrogen instead of hydrogen.

Answer 2

Answer:

as metals react with acid to produce hydrogen gas ,

during the reaction of copper and nitric acid hydrogen is formed

metals displaces nitrogen and forms copper nitrate and hydrogen

Explanation:

by V Sivarajkumar