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Cavendish's equation in discovering hydrogen
« on: February 08, 2006, 09:10:07 PM »
Hi everyone,

Henry Cavendish is famous for having discovered hydrogen. I know that he reacted mercury with an acid to produce hydrogen and a salt. Does anyone know the acid that he used?

Much thanks!
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Re:Cavendish's equation in discovering hydrogen
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2006, 02:50:41 AM »
Mercury is unreliiable for this reason. Cavendish collected gases over mercury. He obtained hydrogen by reaction of H2SO4 or HCl with unindentified metals (may be Sn, Zn or Fe)
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