Zinc react with aqueous sodium hydroxide to form dihydrogen and __________.

zinc oxide

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sodium zincate

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zinc hydroxide

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sodium precipitate

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Solution

The correct option is D sodium zincate
Zinc will react with Sodium Hydroxide to from Sodium Zincate. In this reaction Zinc will not displace sodium from sodium hydroxide, but will displace Hydrogen as shown below:
$2 N a O H + Z n ⟶ {N a}_{2} Z n O_{2} + H_{2}$

This reaction is accompanied by evolution of Hydrogen gas.

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