cyclonite4 - 25-11-2004 at 00:28
Out of curiosity i once mixed HCl with excess H2O2, and formed an orange solution.
I know this may be a stupid question to ask, but noone i have asked can tell me what this solution is.
Can anyone help? Thnx in advance.
Axt - 25-11-2004 at 04:14
Its not the HCl, more likely a metal salt dissolved in it. Oxidation of ferrous to ferric chloride is my bet.
BromicAcid - 25-11-2004 at 07:26
The process could have generated free chlorine which could give a yellow color to the solution, however if there was bromine comtamination that can
easily give a orange color in small concentrations and would easily be formed from Br- in that enviorment.
chemoleo - 25-11-2004 at 07:31
Isn't that a sort of greenish-yellow, like with normal NaOCl bleach?
BromicAcid - 25-11-2004 at 07:35
Well.... yeah, but it accounts for a color change.
cyclonite4 - 26-11-2004 at 03:57
I was thinking that the oxygen from th h2o2 mights transfer to the HCl to form chloric(I, III, V, IV) acid, but i didnt think that they had any
charachteristic colour.
Axt - 26-11-2004 at 04:32
Are you by any chance talking about "diggers" HCl?
cyclonite4 - 27-11-2004 at 04:20
its not diggers but its probably fairly similar in quality and purity. I get it from a pool chemical shop. (~37%)
When school starts again i am going to try this with AR grade HCl and H2O2 and see what happens.