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What will happen if you drop
(a) some pieces of magnesium ribbon into blue copper sulphate solution ?
(b) some tin pieces into green ferrous sulphate solution ?

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(a) It is observed that blue colour of copper sulphate fades gradualy and copper ions is displaced by magnesium ions in the solution.
`Mg+underset("Blue")(CuSO_(4))tounderset("Colourless")(MgSO_(4))+Cu`
(b) No reaction takes palce since tin being less reactive, cannot displace iron from ferrous sulphate solution.
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