What are the products when zinc metal reacts with sulfuric acid?

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Meave60
Jan 15, 2018

The products are the salt zinc sulfate #("ZnSO"_4)# and hydrogen gas #("H"_2")#.

Explanation:

Balanced chemical equation

#"Zn(s)" + "H"_2"SO"_4("aq")##rarr##"ZnSO"_4("aq")"+ H"_2("g")"#

The type of reaction is:

#"metal" + "acid"##rarr##"salt" + "hydrogen gas"#

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