Reaction #1 - Making sulfuric acid with simple reagents

Magnesium + Water → Magnesium hydroxide (milk of magnesia) + Hydrogen

Mg + 2H₂O → Mg(OH)₂ + H₂

Lead the hydrogen gas into copper sulfate solution...

Copper sulfate + Hydrogen → Sulfuric acid (oil of vitriol) + Copper

CuSO₄ + H₂ → H₂SO₄ + Cu

This is how you can get sulfuric acid (um, and copper) from magnesium, copper sulfate and some water!!!

Reaction by GITS