Question

Describe an activity to show that Hydrogen is common in all acids

Answer 1

As shown in figure insert two nails on the wooden or rubber cork and place it in a beaker. Now connect these iron nails with a bulb, a 6 volt battery and a switch using a wire. Now pour some alcohol or glucose such that the nails will dip into it. Now turn the switch on, you will see that the bulb will not glow. Now empty the beaker and add some HCl aqueous solution at this time the bulb will glow. This proves that an acid can conduct electricity while alcohols and glucose cannot, even when they are containing hydrogen.

Answer 2

Answer:

Simple........

If you add any acid to water......

That will give you H⁺ ions

This shows that all acids contain hydrogen