Question

Hydrogen Chloride reacts with active metals such as zinc to form hydrogen gas and a Chloride for the metal

Answer 1

Gaseous Hydrogen Chloride reacts with ative metals in the presence of moisture to form metal Chlorides and hydrogen gas.

This type of a reaction is known as adisplacement reaction since hydrogen gas is displaced.

The equation of this reaction is as follows

$2HCl+Zn\to ZnCl_2+H_2$