The first chemistry problem by Nihar Mahajan
Chemistry
Level
2
How many distinct products are produced when copper reacts with hot concentrated sulphuric acid?
No reaction since hydrogen is more reactive than copper.
3
4
2
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1 solution
The word " hot concentrated " is important. If it was dilute or cold then no reaction would have taken place.The required reaction is as follows:
C u + 2 H 2 S O 4 ⟶ C u S O 4 + S O 2 + 2 H 2 O
Thus number of products = 3