Combined Science GCSE
Displacement reactions
What Displacement reactions means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Displacement reactions
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Reactions in which a more reactive metal displaces a less reactive metal from a solution of its salt.
Topics that use Displacement reactions
- The reactivity series (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Experimental comparison
- Experimental observation of metal reactions
- Ion formation
- Observation as evidence
- Oxidation and electron loss
- Ranking and ordering
- Reactivity series
- Displacement of hydrogen from dilute acids
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