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11 years ago
It is also a gas-forming reaction but is it also an acid-base reaction?
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11 years ago
No. Because acid based-reaction will always produce salt and water.
In the given reaction, hydrogen gas is produced instead of water.
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11 years ago
Magnesium and hydrochloric acid = magnesium chloride and hydrogen gas. So a gas is formed in the form of hydrogen gas (H2). It is not an acid-base reaction because there is an acid availible, but no base.
Here is the equation if you need it:
Mg(s) + 2HCl(aq) ? H2(g) +MgCl2(aq)
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11 years ago
an acid is a substance that accepts electron while the base donates the electrons during a chemicle reaction. Magnesium donates its 2 valence electrons to the 2 hydrogen ions from HCl to give 2 hydrogen atoms that then bond giving hydrogen gas. Because of the electron exchange during the reaction, Mg is the base and HCl is the acid. Thus the reaction between Mg and HCl is an acid base reaction.
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