Question

15. When you clean a metal vessel with tamarind the reaction taking place is: Metal oxide + -X --------- →Salt+Water What is X​

Answer 1

Answer:

it is definitely become an acid forX ,that is Hcl

Answer 2

Answer: X is an acid typically tartaric acid present in tamarind.

Explanation:

When a metal vessel is cleaned with tamarind, the reaction which takes place is:

Metal oxide + X --------- →Salt + Water

On exposure to air, metal vessels gets oxidized and a layer of metal oxide is present on them and metal oxides are basic in nature.

And tamarind contains tartaric acid.

So when metal vessel is cleaned with tamarind, a neutralization reaction between metal oxide (basic nature) and acid takes place which forms salt and water as products.

Metal oxide   $+$   Acid →  Salt  $+$   Water

Therefore X is tartaric acid.

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