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Can copper displace iron from iron sulphate solution? Give reason for your answer.

Copper cannot displace iron from iron sulphate solution. Copper is less reactive than iron. Iron is placed above the copper in reactivity series of metals. Therefore, copper cannot displace iron from iron sulphate solution. But if we put Iron nail into copper sulphate solution. Iron nail will displace copper from copper sulphate solution.


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