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What word chemical equation describes Cavendish’s experiment with zinc?

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zinc + hydrochloric acid → hydrogen + unknown substance(s) in the flask

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The chemical reaction of Cavendish involving zinc would be a reaction between hydrochloric acid and zinc yielding zinc chloride and hydrogen gas. The balanced chemical equation would be:

2Zn + 2HCl = 2ZnCl + H2

This is an example of a single replacement reaction where zinc replaces hydrogen in the acid molecule.
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