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Question
A small piece of calcium metal is put into a small trough containing water. There is effervescence and white turbidity is formed.
Name the gas formed in the reaction. How would you test the gas?
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Solution
Hydrogen gas. When red litmus is introduced in the solution, it turns blue.
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