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Because using pure zinc is expensive. All you need is water and a power supply.

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What cannot be used with sulphuric acid to prepare zinc sulphate?

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Which out of carbon dioxide zinc chloride water and hydrogen is not produced from zinc carbonate and dilute hydrochloric?

This is hydrogen.


What does zinc and water produce?

It produces zinc hydroxide and hydrogen.


What products will you get if zinc reacts with hydrogen?

The only possible product would be zinc hydride. Zinc hydride is usually not prepared directly from zinc and hydrogen, but by using an even stronger reducing agent such as sodium hydride or lithium aluminum hydride. Zinc hydride is unstable and decomposes back to zinc and hydrogen over time.


What is the name of zinc and sulphuric acid?

Zinc and sulfuric acid will react to form zinc sulphate and hydrogen gas.

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Can zinc be used to make tractor parts?

Pure zinc, very probable: no.


Is zinc a pure substance?

it's a pure substance, because it's an element.


What cannot be used with sulphuric acid to prepare zinc sulphate?

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What is zinc hydrogen phosphate used for?

Zinc hydrogen phosphate, ZnHPO4, was proposed as optical material or as an ingredient in some drugs. Many applications has the zinc phosphate, Zn3(PO4)2.


Zinc and hydrogen chloride react to produce?

When zinc reacts with hydrochloric acid it produces zinc chloride and hydrogen gas.


What does an acid plus zinc produce?

Hydrogen gas and a zinc salt.It produces hydrogen and zinc chloride.


Zinc carbonate sulfuric acid?

Zn + H2SO4 -> ZnSO4 + H2 Produces zinc sulfate and hydrogen gas.


Zinc plus hydrochloric acid?

zinc plus hydrochloric acid produces hydrogen and zinc chloride Zn + 2HCl -> H2 + ZnCl2 + Bananas-Apples ZnhI28hnd7777+1=PLUM


Why granulated zinc is used in the preparation of hydrogen rather than metallic zinc?

Don't know, because granulated zinc IS metallic itself: solid, elemental Zn.


Sulfuric acid is poured on zinc granules?

The reaction between sulfuric acid and zinc produces zinc sufate and hydrogen gas


What happens when zinc reacts with formic acid?

When zinc reacts with formic acid, it forms zinc formate and hydrogen gas. This is a single-replacement reaction in which the more reactive zinc displaces hydrogen from the formic acid molecule. Zinc formate is a salt and the hydrogen gas is released as a byproduct.


Can potassium chloride be prepared from zinc and hydrogen chloride?

No, reacting zinc with hydrogen chloride will yield zinc chloride and hydrogen gas. Potassium chloride can be prepared by reacting potassium with hydrogen chloride or (more safely) potassium hydroxide with hydrogen chloride.