3. What do you understand by the electrode potential series of the elements? Comment on the following: (a) Iron is. above hydrogen in the electrode-potential series, but hydrogen can reduce iron oxide. (b) Sodium is above zinc in the electrode-potential series, but when sodium is placed in a solution of a zinc salt, hydrogen is liberated. (c) Hydrogen is above copper in the electrode-potential series, but hydrogen will not displace copper from solutions of its salts. (0. & C., S, 1956)

3. What do you understand by the electrode potential series of the elements? Comment on the following: (a) Iron is. above hydrogen in the electrode-potential series, but hydrogen can reduce iron oxide. (b) Sodium is above zinc in the electrode-potential series, but when sodium is placed in a solution of a zinc salt, hydrogen is liberated. (c) Hydrogen is above copper in the electrode-potential series, but hydrogen will not displace copper from solutions of its salts. (0. & C., S, 1956)

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3. What do you understand by the electrode potential series of the elements ?
Comment on the following:
(a) Iron is. above hydrogen in the electrode-potential series, but hydrogen can reduce iron oxide.
(b) Sodium is above zinc in the electrode-potential series, but when sodium is placed in a
solution of a zinc salt, hydrogen is liberated.
(c) Hydrogen is above copper in the electrode-potential series, but hydrogen will not displace
copper from solutions of its salts.
(О. & C., S, 1956)

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