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What happens if you mix...

peekab00 - 20-10-2010 at 20:31

What happens if you mix...

Salt + baking soda, Ammonia + bleach, Copper + carbon dioxide.

I'm obviously not going to mix ammonia + bleach or experiment with any those, but is there anything significant to the set above? I'm trying to make sense of a forum post I read.

Thanks :)

psychokinetic - 20-10-2010 at 21:13

I wouldn't class Cu + CO2 with the other two, but I'm a chemistry plebian.

The first two are acid-base goodness, the second one would probably result in the oxidation of the Cu.

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12AX7 - 20-10-2010 at 21:54

I'm not sure if CO2 will oxidize copper at any temperature. I suppose it might up around the melting point. The alternative being, will CO reduce CuO or Cu2O at any other temperature?

Salt is a neutral salt, so it doesn't react with any other sodium compounds.

I take it you are already aware of ammonia and bleach's hazardous reaction.

As for all three together, they seem to have no particular connection, aside from being rather uneducated combinations.

Tim

psychokinetic - 21-10-2010 at 12:26

Quote: Originally posted by 12AX7  

Salt is a neutral salt, so it doesn't react with any other sodium compounds.



Tim


^What he said. *shuts up and goes elsewhere* :P