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Name two metals which will displace hydrogen from dilute acids, and two metals which will not.

Zinc and iron will displace hydrogen from dilute acids because they are more reactive than hydrogen. While copper and silver cannot displace hydrogen from dilute acids because they are less reactive than hydrogen.


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