Which gas is usually liberated when an acid reacts with a metal

  1. a What happens when an acid reacts with a metal? Give the chemical equation of the reaction involved. b Which gas is usually liberated when an acid reacts with a metal? How will you test for the presence of this gas?
  2. NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Science Chapter 2 Acid, Bases and Salts


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a What happens when an acid reacts with a metal? Give the chemical equation of the reaction involved. b Which gas is usually liberated when an acid reacts with a metal? How will you test for the presence of this gas?

(a) Those metals which are above hydrogen in standard reduction potential series ( − v e E 0 values) will liberate hydrogen gas on reaction with dil. acids Eg. Zin with sulphuric acid. For dilute acid, zinc sulfate and hydrogen gas at produced. Z n + H 2 S O 4 ⟶ Z n S O 4 + H 2 For concentrated sulphuric acid, zinc sulfate, Sulphur dioxide, and water are produced. Z n + c o n c H 2 S O 4 ⟶ Z n S O 4 + S O 2 + 2 H 2 O (b) Hydrogen gas is usually liberated when an acid reacts with a metal. Take a few pieces of zinc granules and add 5 ml of dilute H 2 S O 4. Shake it and pass the gas produced into a soap solution. The bubbles of the soap solution are formed. These soap bubbles contain hydrogen gas. Z n + H 2 S O 4 ⟶ Z n S O 4 + H 2 ↑ We can test the evolved hydrogen gas by its burning with a pop sound when a candle is brought near the soap bubbles.

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