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Question
How can you obtain hydrogen from sodium hydroxide [not by electrolysis].
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Solution
When powdered zinc reacts with sodium hydroxide it produces hydrogen.
\[\ce{Zn + 2NaOH ->\underset{\text{Sodium zincate}}{Na2ZnO2} + H2}\]
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