Has anyone also tried this and maybe has some method of improving on my procedure? unionised - 12-10-2020 at 10:29
In general, it's a good idea not to put your finger into a mixture of sodium hydroxide and bleach.
You should grease the joints before you add the reactants, so that you don't have to wave a big funnel full of acid about.
Gloves are considered a good idea.Herr Haber - 12-10-2020 at 11:15
"Let the hydrochloric acid drip on the oops"
Cool setup in a minimal amount of space. I didnt have a good look at your Ti at the end of the reaction. Did it all react ?MidLifeChemist - 12-10-2020 at 15:40
I thought it was a very interesting video, thanks for sharing. That's quite a "setup" you put together, glad everything worked and you got some TiCl4.
Looking forward to more videos. I recently purchased some Titanium metal and I'll also be performing some Titanium experiments, although mine will be
a little simpler.EliasExperiments - 13-10-2020 at 07:33
@unionised: Greasing the joint first is a good idea, but I think gloves are really overrated for the kind of chemicals I am using. I have gotten all
of them on my hand quite often and never had any kind of trouble with my skin afterwards. There are definetly chemicals though where I always wear
gloves.
@Herr Haber: No not all the Titanium reacted, even though I used like 1.5 equivalents of chlorine gas. The reaction must have been quite inefficient.
@MidLifeChemist Thank you! Glad you liked it! :-)Nitrous2000 - 15-2-2025 at 07:44
Has anyone also tried this and maybe has some method of improving on my procedure?
Did you explore any metal chloride catalysts such as copper or aluminum chloride to improve efficiency?jackchem2001 - 15-2-2025 at 19:30
I assume you used perflourinated grease in the video. I didn't realize perflourinated grease could hold up to Cl2. I think silicone grease forms a
stubborn white film on the glass if you attempt to use it with Cl2 (I used it on glass-tubing interfaces, not ground glass joints).
(Not relevant to your video) But silicone grease is fine against a bit of room temperature NOx. I imagine at higher temperatures it is attacked.
