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Old February 8th, 2006, 21:08
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Hi everyone,

Henry Cavendish is famous for having discovered hydrogen. I know that he reacted mercury with an acid to produce hydrogen and a salt. Does anyone know the acid that he used?

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Old February 9th, 2006, 03:38
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Is it HNO3?
I think i saw something like that in an article i have read sometime ago.
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Old February 9th, 2006, 23:46
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hello opuntia,
nice to see you here...

(in case you are wondering, this is KaylethGrey from Biology Online ^_^)
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Old February 10th, 2006, 02:10
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Cavendish produced hydrogen gas in 1766 through the addition of zinc metal to hydrochloric acid.

http://web1.caryacademy.org/chemistr...ting_facts.htm
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Old February 10th, 2006, 15:28
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hello opuntia,
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Oh, nice to see you here too
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