What happens when a piece of zinc is dropped into sodium hydroxide
solution?Write a balanced equation to show the reaction and also name the
salt formed.
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When sodium hydroxide solution is heated with zinc granules then Sodiumzincate and hydrogen gas are formed. The salt formed by the reactionbetween a base and a metal, the metal is present as a part of the Negative Ion . All the metals do not react with bases to form salt and hydrogen gas.
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Zinc reacts with hot and conc. sodium hydroxide to form sodium zincate with the liberation of hydrogen.
Zn + 2NaoH > Na2ZnO2 + H2
Salt : Sodium zincate
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