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?
Answers
Answered by
0
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.
Answered by
0
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
Similar questions