NEET2008ChemistryElectrochemistryActual
Assertion : Copper metal gets readily corroded in acidic aqueous solution. Reason : Free energy change for this process is negative.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false.
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
D. If both assertion and reason are false.
Step-by-step solution
Non-oxidising acids ( HCl . and dil. . H ₂ SO ₄ ) do not have any effect on copper. However they dissolve the metal in presence of air. As it is a nonspontaneous process so, G can not be - ve .