Ice_Phoenix87 Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 If i use HCl as the electrolyte in the electrolysis will i produce chlorine gas?
Borek Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 Chlorine on the anode and hydrogen on the cathode. Best, Borek -- Chemical calculators for labs and education http://www.chembuddy.com BATE - pH calculations, titration curves CASC - concentration conversions, solution preparation
Evangelante Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 Careful about sparks, things will blow up and go BOOM and then you'll go to sleep and wake up in a room full of white.
Ice_Phoenix87 Posted May 13, 2005 Author Posted May 13, 2005 lol so i should have used H2S04? which is negative and postive? (anode and cathode)
YT2095 Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 Cathode is Neg Anode is Pos it only changes when talking about Ions.
YT2095 Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 you`ll get some, but as Cl is quite solluble, you`ll be making some Chloric acids too HClO(n).
Ice_Phoenix87 Posted May 13, 2005 Author Posted May 13, 2005 lol sounds fun bloody chemistry teacher gave me HCl instead of H2SO4 even though i asked for H2SO4
Gregoriev Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 didn't I have a forum about this sort of thing... Oh well, be that as it may, I would recomend using NaOH as the salt in the solution for electrolysis. It appears to be very stable, and good for this sort of thing with the right materials. at least that's what they tell me here on the forum.
Borek Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 I agree that NaOH is the best selection for the electrolyte for water electrolysis. However, I disagree that NaOH is a salt Best, Borek -- Chemical calculators for labs and education http://www.chembuddy.com BATE - pH calculations, titration curves CASC - concentration conversions, solution preparation
jdurg Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 I don't know borek. NaOH doesn't seem all that covalent to me.
akcapr Posted May 14, 2005 Posted May 14, 2005 hes probly thinking it aint a salt because it isnt produced by acting an acid on a base. But however it is produced by reacting Na with water, which makes it a salt by kind of like what i just said.
Borek Posted May 14, 2005 Posted May 14, 2005 OK, assuming H2O is an acid (in a way it is) and thus NaOH is a salt, how do you define hydroxide? Best, Borek -- Chemical calculators for labs and education http://www.chembuddy.com BATE - pH calculations, titration curves CASC - concentration conversions, solution preparation
jdurg Posted May 14, 2005 Posted May 14, 2005 Look at NaCl. That's a classic salt which can be formed from the direct action of chlorine gas on sodium metal. No acid or base is involved. A salt does NOT have to be formed from the reaction between an acid and a base.
dash00 Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 I had a definition in my chem text book that a salt is any compound which doesnt fall into the categories of either acidic or basic is that correct or?
akcapr Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 i wouldnt say thats fully correct. things like O2, H2O, CH4, are not acids or bases- but are they salts? i wouldnt say so. so that textbook must be really unspecific or really old.
budullewraagh Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 dont forget all those organics that cannot be classified as acids, bases or salts.
YT2095 Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 and lets not forget that we can have acidic salts too sodium hydrogen sulphate springs to mind for instance.
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