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Question
A small piece of calcium metal is put into a small trough containing water. There is effervescence and white turbidity is formed.
Name the gas formed in the reaction. How would you test the gas?
Solution
Hydrogen gas. When red litmus is introduced in the solution, it turns blue.
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