Question

Manganese reacts with sulfuric acid to form manganese sulfate and hydrogen. What are the products in this reaction?

Answer 1

Manganese(II) sulfate and hydrogen gas.

Explanation:

Unless the question was mistyped, the answer here is that when manganese and sulfuric acid react, manganese(II) sulfate, `"MnSO"_4`, and hydrogen gas, `"H"_2`, are the products of the reaction.

`"Mn"_text((s]) + overbrace("H"_2"SO"_text(4(aq]))^(color(blue)("dilute")) -> "MnSO"_text(4(aq]) + "H"_text(2(g])` `uarr`

It is worth noting here that this reaction takes place when manganese metal, `"Mn"`, reacts with dilute sulfuric acid.

When you react manganese metal with concentrated sulfuric acid, the reaction produces manganese(II) sulfate, sulfur dioxide, `"SO"_2`, and water, `"H"_2"O"`.

`"Mn"_text((s]) + overbrace("H"_2"SO"_text(4(aq]))^(color(purple)("concentrated")) -> "MnSO"_text(4(aq]) + 2"H"_2"O"_text((l]) + "SO"_text(2(g])` `uarr`