A smuggler could not carry gold by depositing iron on the gold surface since

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Gold is denser

Iron rusts

Gold has higher reduction potential than iron

Gold has lower reduction potential than iron

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Iron is having lesser SRP than gold and reduces gold spontaneously.Thus Fe - electrode is not an inert electrode for Au+3 soluton.

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