Question

Based on the following observations decide the order of reactivity for hydrogen, magnesium, and copper. Hydrochloric acid reacts with magnesium but did not react with copper. magnesium reacted with copper sulfate. Write your answers in the blanks. For magnesium write magnesium for hydrochloric acid write hydrogen and for copper sulfate write copper.

Answer 1

Mg> H> Cu

Step-by-step explanation:

We can see from the question that hydrochloric acid reacted with magnesium as follows;

Mg(s) + 2HCl(aq) ----> MgCl2(aq) + H2(g)

Copper does not react with HCl which means that copper is less reactive than hydrogen hence it can not displace hydrogen from a dilute acid solution.

The order of reactivity of the elements then is ; Mg> H> Cu