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Decomposition of FeCl3 on heating
Hydrated ferric chloride decomposes on heating but what is the decomposition product and what gas is released? I stumbled on two different answears
and I don't know which one is correct. One says that FeCl3 decomposes to FeCl2 and releases Cl, and the other that it undergoes decomposition to Fe2O3
and releases HCl.
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Only way I can see HCl being released is through FeCl3 hydrates.
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Ya, Almost all chloride hydrates that decompose, give off HCl.
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2 FeCl3:6H2O-->Fe2O3+6HCl
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Wikipedia says that at 280 °C, hexahydrate undergoes partial decomposition to FeCl2 + Cl2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron(III)_chloride
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What you obtain does indeed depend on temperature and duration of heating. In general, what you obtain is a 'mess': it maybe mainly Fe2O3 but often
will still contain water and chloride, possibly also FeCl2.
Heating FeCl3 hexahydrate just isn't a very useful thing to do.
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