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Can you store lemon pickle in an aluminium utensil? Explain.
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Solution
- Metals react with acids and liberate hydrogen gas.
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Aluminium is a metal and lemon contains citric acid.
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When lemon pickle is stored in an aluminium utensil then it will react and produce hydrogen gas. Thus, the pickle will spoil.
Therefore, lemon pickle cannot be stored in an aluminium utensil.
- Metals react with acids and liberate hydrogen gas.
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Aluminium is a metal and lemon contains citric acid.
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When lemon pickle is stored in an aluminium utensil then it will react and produce hydrogen gas. Thus, the pickle will spoil.
Therefore, lemon pickle cannot be stored in an aluminium utensil.
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