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Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

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Zinc metal reacts much like the magnesium metal you used as a reactant in a similar reaction in Experiment 4. Both the zinc and magnesium were oxidized, and the hydrogen in the HCl was reduced.

Write a similar unbalanced equation for this reaction of zinc with HCl:

What is the name of the zinc product in this reaction?

What reagent ‘oxidized’ the zinc?

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When zinc and hydrochloric acid reacts, zinc chloride and hydrogen gas are produced.

The reaction between zinc and hydrochloric acid is as follows,

$Zn + HCl \to {ZnCl}_{2} + H_{2}$

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