Granulated zinc is preferred to metallic zinc in the preparation of hydrogen using dilute acid.

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This is True that granulated Zinc is preferred than metallic zinc .
this is because granulated zinc has large surface area than metallic zinc thus granulated zinc serves as good catalyst than metallic zinc.
thus granulated zinc is preferred than metallic zinc.

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