What is a displacement reaction? Write balanced chemical equation…

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What is a displacement reaction? Write balanced chemical equation for a displacement reaction in which iron is a reactant. Name one more element whose behaviour is similar to that of iron in such reactions. Why will this kind of behaviour not be shown by gold?

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Answer

Displacement reaction is a type of reaction in which a more reactive element displaces another less reactive element. The reactivity series of metals can be used to find out the displacement reaction.
Chemical equation for a displacement reaction in which Iron is a reactant:
$\mathrm{Fe}+\mathrm{CuSO}_{4} \rightarrow \mathrm{FeSO}_{4}+\mathrm{Cu}$
One more element whose behaviour is similar to that of iron in such reaction is Zn .
$\mathrm{Zn}+2 \mathrm{HCl} \rightarrow \mathrm{ZnCl}_{2}+\mathrm{H}_{2} \uparrow$
This is not shown by Gold as it is the least reactive element.

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