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Question
State why hydrogen is not prepared in the laboratory by the action of calcium with dilute sulphuric acid.
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Solution
It is not possible to produce hydrogen in a laboratory by reacting calcium with diluted sulfuric acid since the reaction is extremely explosive and practically impossible.
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