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Question
Give a reason for the following:
Zinc granules are used in the lab preparation of hydrogen.
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Solution
Zinc granules are preferred over pure zinc in the lab preparation of hydrogen because the impurity present in granulated zinc is copper, whose catalysing effect speeds up the rate of the reaction.
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