Why the food containing iron salts should not be cooked in aluminium utensils?
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aluminium comes before iron in metal activity series so it can displace iron from its salt thus defeating food the purpose for cooking. therefore food containing iron salts should not be cooked in aluminium vessels.
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Answer: The reactive metal aluminium is more reactive than iron such that the iron can be displaced. This process is called Aluminothermy. This process is highly exothermic.
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