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Why copper is used in tanks rather than the steel

Posted by Kajal Dalal 5 years, 8 months ago

CBSE > Class 10 > Science

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Dhruv Kakkar 5 years, 8 months ago

Copper is used to make hot water tanks and not steel this is because the iron (in steel) is more reactive than then copper also it react with hot steam to produce ferrosoferric oxide. Due to which the body of tank will become weaker and weaker. While copper does not react with hot water.

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꧁༒☬☠Ashu??Mikku☠︎☬༒꧂ Tiwari 5 years, 8 months ago

It is less reactive

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Avika Goel 5 years, 8 months ago

As steel has iron as a constituent due to which when it reacts with water forms Fe3O4

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