Combined Science GCSE
Acid–metal reactions as displacement reactions
What Acid–metal reactions as displacement reactions means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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When an acid reacts with a metal, the metal displaces hydrogen from the acid, producing a salt and hydrogen gas.
Topics that use Acid–metal reactions as displacement reactions
- Reactions of acids with metals (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Electron transfer
- Electron transfer in equations
- Identifying oxidised and reduced species
- Ionic half-equations
- Reactivity series and the position of hydrogen
- Salt formation and naming from the parent acid
- Spectator ions
- Redox reactions
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