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A student working in the laboratory kept and aqueous solution of ferrous suphate in a vessel made up of zinc.
After a few days, he found that the vessel had developed holes and cracks
(i) why did the vessel develop holes in it ?
(ii) What is the chemical reaction that takes place gt?
(iii) what is the value assouciateed with this?

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(i) Zinc is placed above iron in the reactivity series.It has therefore. Reduced `Fe^(2+)` ions to Fe and it has been oxidised
(ii) `Zn(s)+Fe^(2+)(aq)rarrZn^(2+)(aq)+Fe(s)`
(iii)We should be very careful while selectingh container for stroing certain chemicals. Only those metals should be used for making the vessels or container s which are not involved in any type of chemical reactions.
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