SolidSnake
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Al + HCI = ?
What compounds are created as a result of the mixture of aluminum and hydrochloric acid?
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Darkblade48
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SolidSnake
What compounds are created as a result of the mixture of aluminum and hydrochloric acid? |
Have you even tried looking?
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Tsu2
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Well, if I am correct...
2Al + 6HCl -> 3H2 + 2AlCl3
Here are some pages on Aluminum Chloride
Here
... and here.
Guess I was wrong. 
[Edited on 17-11-2005 by Tsu2]
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If it was as easy as that 
I think the oxychloride forms.
The oxychloride is widely used in deodarants...
(AlOCl2*xH2O)
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IIRC, Al + 3HCl(anh.) = AlCl3 + 1.5 H2
Any water present is absorbed, giving hydrous product:
Al + 3HCl + 6H2O = H6Al(OH)6Cl3 + 1.5 H2 (which is a cumbersome way of writing AlCl3.6H2O.)
AlOCl doesn't form that I know of. AlCl3.6H2O pyrolyzes, AlCl3 sublimates and dissociates in various ways, and Al(OH)3 precipitates from
solution when base is added (then dissolves in excess base).
Tim
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