Question

What is granulated zinc?

Answer 1

Granulated zinc

• Granulated zinc is zinc metal with high particle size and high surface area.
• In the laboratory, granulated zinc is used to prepare dihydrogen. The reaction for the preparation of dihydrogen from zinc granules is as follows:-

$\mathrm{Zn}\left(\mathrm{s}\right)+2{\mathrm{H}}^{+}\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)\to {\mathrm{Zn}}^{2+}\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)+{\mathrm{H}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)$