A piece of magnesium is added some more dilute sulphic acid in another test tube. The metal reacts with the acid.
Describe one way in which this reaction is similar to that of zinc and delute sulphic acid.
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Magnesium is more reactive than hydrogen and it displaces hydrogen from dilute acids. Magnesium reacts with dilute sulphuric acid to form magnesium sulphate and hydrogen gas is evolved. This is a single displacement reaction and also exothermic.
Mg(s)+H2 SO4 →)MgSO4 (aq)+H2(g)
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