Answer:
activity series is a list of substances ranked in order of relative reactivity.
For example, magnesium metal can displace hydrogen ions from solution. So magnesium is more reactive than hydrogen:
Mg(s) + 2H⁺(aq) → H₂(g) + Mg²⁺(aq)
Zinc metal can also displace hydrogen ions from solution:
Zn(s) + 2H⁺(aq) → H₂(g) + Zn²⁺(aq)
so zinc is also more active than hydrogen.
But magnesium metal can displace zinc ions from solution:
Mg(s) + Zn²⁺(aq) → Zn(s) + Mg²⁺(aq)
so magnesium is more active than zinc.
The activity series including these elements would be Mg > Zn > H.
Chemists have built up a complete activity series in a similar way.
The most active metals are at the top of the table; the least active are at the bottom.
Any metal that is higher in the series will displace a metal that is below it in a
