PLEASE NOTE: ALL THE ABOVE ACIDS ARE DILUTE ACIDS. For example: 1. magnesium reacts with hydrochloric acid to produce magnesium chloride: magnesium
+
hydrochloric acid
magnesium chloride +
hydrogen
2. sodium reacts with sulphuric acid to produce sodium sulphate Sodium
+
sulphuric acid
sodium sulphate
+
hydrogen
3. Lithium reacts with Nitric acid to produce lithium nitrate Lithium +
nitric acid
lithium nitrate
+
hydrogen
When you write the name of the compound, the name of the reacting metal will always be first followed by the acid – NOT nitric, sulphuric, and hydrochloric BUT, nitrate, sulphate or chloride It doesn't matter which metal or which acid is used, if there is a reaction we always get hydrogen gas as one of the products. Write down the word equation for when: 1. Zinc reacts with sulphuric acid 2. Potassium reacts with hydrochloric acid 3. Magnesium reacts with nitric acid