A common experiment to determine the relative reactivity of

Last updated: 4/27/2023

A common experiment to determine the relative reactivity of metallic elements is to place a pure sample of one metallic element into an aqueous solution of a compound of another metallic element If the pure metal you are adding is more reactive than the metallic element in the compound then the pure metal will replace the metallic element in the compound For example if you place a piece of pure chromium metal into a solution of copper II sulfate chromium will slowly dissolve to produce chromium III sulfate solution and the copper II ion of the copper II sulfate will be converted to metallic copper Choose the unbalanced equation for this process Cu s Cr SO4 3 aq CuSO4 aq Cr s Cr s CuSO4 aq Cr SO4 3 aq Cu s