Question

Assertion : Sodium hydroxide reacts with zinc to produce hydrogen gas. Reason : Acids reacts with active metals to produce hydrogen gas

Answer 1

Assertion Sodium hydroxide reacts with zinc to produce hydrogen gas.

Reason Acids reacts with active metals to produce hydrogen gas.

(6) Both Assertion and Reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

Sodium hydroxide being an strong base, reacts with active metal (zinc) to produce H, gas. The reaction is given as follows:

outcall means Zn (s) + 2N2OH (aq) → NazZnO,(aq)+H2(g)

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