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Question
Account for the following fact:
Potassium and sodium are not used to react with dilute ‘hydrochloric acid or dilute sulphuric acid in the laboratory preparation of hydrogen.
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Solution
Sodium and potassium with dil. HCl or dil. H2SO4 but reaction is highly explosive and practically not-feasible.
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