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I need a strong acid for an expiriment that I'm conducting and I was just wondering, if possible, what the easiest way to produce either Sulfuric or Nitric acid from somewhat common reactants, like stuff that I could buy in like a pool store or even a general store? I know it sounds stupid, probably won't happen, but any suggestions would be appreciated (esp thurough ones)

When seaparating NaCl in water using Diaphragm Cell Electrolysis, a semi-permiable filter is used to prevent the mixing of products. An animation is here... http://www.eurochlor.org/animations/diaphragm-cell.asp My question is what is this Diaphragm made of? Is there any way that I could make one myself or would just like a regular coffee filter work or could I get one somewhere else? I would appreciate the help.

What I did was do electrolysis on water saturated with NaCl and now in the bottle that I had collecting the Cl (cathode) I have a yellowish solution. In the other bottle I had collecting the NaOCl and H2 (anode) and I already evaporated the water for the crystals. Also if I had that solution I first mentioned what would happen if it was exposed to sunlight?

First off, if I had vinegar *acetic acid* and I were to boil it at 105 degrees celcius, would this evaporate only the water and leave me with a more pure acetic acid? The boiling point of acetic acid is approx 118 degrees celcius. Also, is there a way to test, no pH, but actual acid strength?

Before I do anything stupid, I would like some help. If I were to boil an aqueous solution containing Cl ions, what would happen? Would I have just the ions left? What form would they be in? Also would something different happen at a one temperature vs another?

They were in a series, just attached like the positive head of one to the negative head of another, then on the same battery that positive head to another negative head and what do you mean wired backwards? did i do something wrong? id really like to fix this

If I had a crystal or a gas of another element and I had hydrogen gas, how could I combine these two to make an acid? Any ideas? Or is there another process...

Does anyone know how to make concentrated hydrochloric acid? Are there common chemicals you can use to perhaps make hydrogen and chlorine then combine them to make the crystals and dissolve them in water?

Sodium Azide is the compound used to make airbags inflate. When it decomposes it produces nigrogen gas and sodium solid. Has anyone ever tried to take one of these things apart? There is a second reaction that takes place that uses up the sodium and also produces more nitrogen gas. Has anyone tried to isolate the Sodium Azide from the airbags then decompose it and then capture the sodium? How about making the air dehumidified? If the air temperature was below 0 degrees C would the humidity be reduced to practically nothing?

thx guys but one more thing last night one of my four 9 volt batteries exploded out the bottom ya so that was kinda bad but does anyone have any idea why that would happen? was it just too may volts? and any ideas for a Sulfite commonly found?

Hey ppl (attached diagram) OK so I took some distilled water and saturated it completely with NaCl. I used rods of graphite as my anode and cathode. I am capturing bubbles forming at each pole in some containers. I see bubbles very slowly forming (im using 4 9v batteries) and also the water around the cathode is turning dark yellow and the water around the anode is a foggy white. I'm pretty sure the yellow water is chlorine, but..... What I really want to know is how I get this apparently highly chlorinated water (correct me if i'm wrong) into pure (or as pure as it can be) chlorine gas. I am aware of the health risks, I have this outside. I am not touching the water with my bare hands I am using rubber gloves.