Take 5 ml hydrochloric acid in a boiling tube or a conical flask. Add a few pieces of zinc granules to it.
(a) What do you observe on the surface of zinc granules?
(b) Name the gas evolved.
(c) What happens when the above gas is passed through soap solution?
(d) What happens when a burning candle is brought near the gas filled tube?
(a) There is effervescence on surface of zinc granules.
(b) Hydrogen gas.
(c) Soap bubbles are formed.
(d) Gas bubbles break up with a pop sound due to burning of hydrogen gas.
