Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Corrosion of metals

Corrosion of metals — practice question

When separate strips of aluminium foil and copper foil are heated in air, the copper foil reacts to form a black solid, whereas the aluminium foil does not react. Which statement accounts for these observations?

  • AAluminium has an unreactive layer, but copper does not.
  • BAluminium is below copper in the reactivity series.
  • CCopper reacts with moisture in the air, but aluminium does not.
  • DCopper reacts with nitrogen in the air, but aluminium does not.

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