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Zinc metal is placed in hydrochloric acid in a reaction tube and any resultant g

ID: 1008714 • Letter: Z

Question

Zinc metal is placed in hydrochloric acid in a reaction tube and any resultant gas is collected over water. Assume all the gases neither react with nor appreciably dissolve in water. Be sure to account for gases naturally occurring in our atmosphere outside the collection bottle Each time you click on the figure, a numbered spot will appear. Place one spot for each gas listed below, in the order given. If the gas has been collected, click where it has been collected. If the gas, has not been collected, click where it can be found carbon dioxide nitrogen hydrogen oxygen methane water vapor argon

Explanation / Answer

Zn + 2HCl ------> ZnCl2 + H2(g)

The gas released during the reaction is Hydrogen gas.