Home Chemistry 6 – Reactions of metals with Citric Acid
So while I wait for delivery of some more indicator paper. I am going to take a look at how Magnesium reacts with Citric Acid.
Firstly as indicated in a Previous post it is important to ensure the Magnesium metal is clean and free of tarnish. This will aid the reaction by exposing a greater surface area of the metal.
I will be using the same equipment as before,
As well as Citric Acid, which is shown here along side Bicarbonate of soda.
I decided to use a conical flash instead of a test tube and this makde it a little easier to observe the reaction.
I added some Citric Acid powder to the flask, added about 50ml water to dissolve the acid then added one piece of Magnesium ribbon, approx 1” long to the solution.
Took a few mins to get going, once the remaining tarnish had gone, the reaction speeded up.
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