Why Zinc is the most preferred metal in the laboratory for preparation of hydrogen by the metal-acid reaction?

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Zinc (Zn) is the most preferred metal in the laboratory because metals like potassium (K) and sodium (Na) react violently with acid because of their high reactivity.

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