What products result from the reaction of aluminum metal with hydrochloric acid?

1 Answer
Mar 10, 2017

"Hydrated aluminum chloride and dihydrogen gas.........."

Explanation:

And we can represent this by a stoichiometric equation:

Al(s) + 3HCl(aq) rarr Al^(3+) + 3Cl^(-) + 3/2H_2(g)uarr

else,

2Al(s) + 6HCl(aq) rarr 2Al^(3+) + 6Cl^(-) + 3H_2(g)uarr