HYDROGEN – Preparation – Laboratory

method

By:Roshan

Eren Yeager
 Reaction

Zinc + Hydroclochloric acid > Zinc Chloride + Hydrogen gas

Zn + 2HCl2 > ZnCl2 + H2 [g]
Procedure for the Laboratory Preparation of Hydrogen Gas

Step 1: Take a few grams of zinc granules and place them in a 500 mL
flask.

Step 2: With the help of a thistle funnel, add dilute hydrochloric acid to the
zinc granules. If hydrochloric acid isn’t available, dilute sulphuric acid can
be used as an alternative.

Step 3: Hydrogen gas will be automatically collected with the help of a

delivery tube via the downward displacement of water. This can be
explained by the fact that hydrogen gas is lighter than water.

The setup for the laboratory preparation of hydrogen gas is illustrated

below.
• The chemical reactions that take place during the preparation of hydrogen gas via
this method are listed below.
• General Format: Metal + Dilute Acid → Salt of Metal & Acid + Hydrogen
• With Hydrochloric Acid: Zn(s) + 2HCl(aq) → ZnCl2(aq) + H2(g)

• With Sulphuric Acid: Zn(s) + H2SO4(aq) → ZnSO4(aq) + H2(g)

• Finally, the hydrogen gas can be collected by the downward displacement of water .
• 4.Precaution
• No leakage of gas should take place & no flame must be near the apparatus.
• Hydrogen is collected -after all air in apparatus is allowed to escape.
• The end of the thistle funnel should dip below the level of dil acid in the flask 'A' or-
the hydrogen gass may escape out through the thistle funnel 'B'.
THANK YOU

BY:Roshan
Eren Yeager