Question

Why cannot each metal react to its own salt example cu and cu s o4?

Answer 1

Reaction of metal with salt is a displacement reaction. It goes like :

Metal A +salt solution of B=>metal B+salt solution of A .

In this A is more reactive than B .

Since , a metal can not displace it self so it can not react to it's own salt. For e.g. copper can not displace it self in CuSo4.