Question #60418
1 Answer
Nov 3, 2015
Explanation:
Based on the metal activity series, zinc is not active enough to replace the
But laboratory results tells us otherwise because zinc (along with aluminum, copper, tin, lead, and beryllium) is considered as amphoteric, a molecule which reacts to bases and acids alike.
Also, the reaction is not an acid-base, as one might expect but more of an oxidation-reduction reaction with the following half-equations:
Oxidation:
Reduction: