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 A student attempted to prepare hydrogen gas by reacting zinc metal with dilute sulphuric acid

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 A student attempted to prepare hydrogen gas by reacting zinc metal with dilute sulphuric acid. In this experiment zinc metal granules of about 0.5 cm diameter and 0.20 moles of acid were used. The rate of formation of hydrogen gas was found to be slow. Explain three ways in which the rate of formation