In general, acids react with metals to give salt and release hydrogen gas. In general, bases do not react with metals and release hydrogen gas.
Step-by-step explanation:
- Basically, acids and bases react with metals but acids react with metals to give salt and evolves
gas whereas bases do not react with metals and do not evolves
gas .
- An acid reacts with a metal to form a salt and
gas. The general word equation for the reaction between an acid and a metal is as follows:
acid + metal ---> salt + hydrogen.
- Bases cannot form salt and hydrogen by reacting with all the metals. Some non-metals react with bases but no hydrogen gas is produced.