ChristelDe
01-15-2020, 05:45 AM
It seemed in my experiment that aluminum wasn\'t reactive at all in the displacement reactions, except with copper sulfate. Is there a reason? or did I make a mistake? aluminum is more reactive than e.g silver nitrate, why didn\'t it react with it?Aluminium has a protective coating of Aluminium Oxide, this prevents many chemicals reaching the surface. This is because aluminium has a very strong affinity for oxygen and bonds to it with extremely strong bonds. It can be removed by dipping it carefully into a solution of Mercury (II) Chloride.Other related question