Two beakers are on a laboratory bench. One beaker contains 1.0 M HCl and the other contains tap water. What could an experimenter do to distinguish the acid solution from the tap water

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anonymous · Answer

Drop a piece of magnesium in each solution 
Mg + 2 HCl → MgCl2 + H2 (gas) 
When you drop a piece of magnesium into hydrochloric acid, you will bubbles of hydrogen gas. When you drop a piece of magnesium into water nothing happens.

anonymous · Answer

@undeadknight26 again

undeadknight26 · Answer

Don't answer these man.  They're like 4 days old.

anonymous · Answer

who cares @undeadknight26 
maybe theyll still gimme medals 
im bored