Question

zinc,nickel,tin, and chromium are preferred to copper and silver for coating articles made of iron.Why?

Answer 1

This is because we know that copper and silver are less reactive metals and can be displaced by more reactive metal besides that metals like zinc are more reactive than iron so iron would not react with them
Zinc, chromium would make a protective layer by making their oxides , and protect the iron object
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