Ice_Phoenix87 Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 If i use HCl as the electrolyte in the electrolysis will i produce chlorine gas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borek Posted May 13, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evangelante Posted May 13, 2005 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_Phoenix87 Posted May 13, 2005 Author Share Posted May 13, 2005 lol so i should have used H2S04? which is negative and postive? (anode and cathode) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 anode is negative and cathode is positive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 Cathode is Neg Anode is Pos it only changes when talking about Ions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_Phoenix87 Posted May 13, 2005 Author Share Posted May 13, 2005 so are you surei will get chlorine gas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 you`ll get some, but as Cl is quite solluble, you`ll be making some Chloric acids too HClO(n). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_Phoenix87 Posted May 13, 2005 Author Share Posted May 13, 2005 lol sounds fun bloody chemistry teacher gave me HCl instead of H2SO4 even though i asked for H2SO4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregoriev Posted May 13, 2005 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borek Posted May 13, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdurg Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 I don't know borek. NaOH doesn't seem all that covalent to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akcapr Posted May 14, 2005 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borek Posted May 14, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akcapr Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 hydroxide is a compoun with +OH ion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdurg Posted May 14, 2005 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dash00 Posted May 23, 2005 Share 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akcapr Posted May 23, 2005 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 dont forget all those organics that cannot be classified as acids, bases or salts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 and lets not forget that we can have acidic salts too sodium hydrogen sulphate springs to mind for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akcapr Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 NH4Cl too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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