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Reactions for preparation of a few gases
1. Hydrogen gas
Zn (s) + HCl (aq)

ZnCl
2
(aq) + H
2
(g)
zinc hydrochloric acid zinc chloride hydrogen
or
Zn (s) + 2H
+
(aq)

Zn
2+
(aq) + H
2
(g)
2. Carbon dioxide gas
Na
2
CO
3
(s) + 2HCl (aq)

2NaCl (aq) + H
2
O (l) + CO
2
(g)
sodium carbonate hydrochloric acid sodium chloride water carbon dioxide
NaHCO
3
(s) + CH
3
COOH (aq)

CH
3
COONa (aq) + H
2
O (l) + CO
2
(g)
sodium bicarbonate acetic acid sodium acetate water carbon dioxide
3. Oxygen gas
2Pb (NO
3
)
2
(s)
heat

2PbO (s) + 4NO
2
(g) + O
2
(g)
lead nitrate lead oxide nitrogen dioxide oxygen
H
2
O (l)
electricity

H
2
(g) + O
2
(g)
water (acidified) hydrogen oxygen
4. Sulphur dioxide
Cu (s) + H
2
SO
4
(conc.)
heat

CuSO
4
(s) + SO
2
(g) + 2H
2
O (l)
copper sulphuric acid copper sulphate sulphur dioxide water
Na
2
SO
3
(s) + H
2
SO
4
(aq)
heat

Na
2
SO
4
(aq) + H
2
O (l) + SO
2
(g)
sodium sulphate sulphuric acidsodium sulphate water sulphur dioxide
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