(a) What do you think is metal X?
(b) What could be gas Y2?
(c) What is compound XO?
(d) What is compound Y2O?
(e) Write the chemical equation of the reaction which takes place on heating XO with Y2.
(f) What type of chemical equation of the reaction which takes place on heating XO with Y2.
(b) Gas Y2 is Hydrogen.
(c) Compound XO is copper oxide (CuO).
(d) Compound Y2O is Water.
(e) The chemical Equation:
CuO + H2Cu + H2O
(f)Displacement Reaction (also redox) takes place.