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Zinc reacts with dilute Hydrochloric acid, what is the chemical equation for this reaction? what would you see? How could you speed up this reaction?

Zn(s) + 2HCl(aq) => ZnCl2(aq)+ H2(g)Evervessence, Zinc becomes smaller and then disappearsCut zinc in to smaller pieces to increase the surface area

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