Repeat step 2 with hydrochloric acid, place both boiling tubes in the boiling tube rack Add the magnesium strip to each boiling tube – ensuring that the Mg is fully immersed in the acid ...

Magnesium plus nitric acid gives us magnesium nitrate. Calcium plus hydrochloric acid gives us calcium chloride. And zinc plus sulphuric acid gives us zinc sulfate. And the salt that we put on our ...