What would this reaction equal: metal compound + acid?
The answer depends on the nature of the metal compound and the acid used. In general, most pure metal undergo redox reaction with acid to yield hydrogen gas and corresponding metal salt. For instant: 2Ag + 2HNO3 –> 2AgNO3 + H2 Nitric acid is commonly used in laboratory to clean silver compound. As for other metal complexes, the reaction can be more complicated with different mechanism. In general, a few types of reactions are possible: redox reaction, nucleophilic and electrophilic substitution reactions, insertion reactions, etc.
