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  A zinc plate was kept in a glass container having copper sulphate solution. On examining it was found that the blue colour of the solution is getting fader and fader. After a few days when the zinc plate was taken out of the solution, a number of small holes were noticed in it. State the reason and give chemical equation of the reaction involved.

Answer:

                  Zinc is more reactive than copper. Hence, when a zinc plate is kept in a solution of copper sulphate, it slowly displaces copper from the solution and blue colour of the solution keeps fading away. Because of zinc going into solution as zinc sulphate a number of holes are seen in the zinc plate. The reaction is CuSO4(aq) + Zn(s)  ZnSO4(aq) + Cu(s)      Blue                             Colourless