I was looking up methods to create HCL and came across this video: 

 

 

This seems like a simple method but I was wondering about the safety of this procedure? As I understand there will be some chlorine gas released to the air in the process.

How can I make sure the produced chlorine gas is within safe limits.

The assumption to get HCl is not right.

On cathode you will get NaOH and H2, but on Anode you get Chlorine no clean HCl. The Chlorine react with water to hypochlorite and Chloride. Can buy as bleach.

The method doesnt work.

To get HCl treat NaCl with conc. Sulfuric acid. You get HCl gas what can be dissolved in water.

Thank you chenbeier for your replay, is there a way to create HCL using a similar procedure, i mean using salt and electrolysis?

You can collect hydrogen and chlorine and burn it to HCl.

Either of those options sound pretty risky. Am I to presume you intend to do these with gloves and goggles on, either outside or in a fume hood?

That is of course a demand to wear the personal safety equipment, like goggles, gloves, labcoat, etc. ifworking with chemistry.

Edited December 27, 20214 yr by chenbeier

For the record, I didn't mean to come across as "demanding" that they do, just requesting it.

What is the difference? Its a request and also a demand.

Chemistry work and PSE has to be together.

Wait... let me take a step back. Was your earlier post meant to call it nosy of me to weigh in on the risks to which someone is subjecting their own selves, or was it merely to say that request for proper safety protocols be in place should be inferred even when not stated outright?

 

(If I misunderstood you at all, I apologize, but I'm just so used to other sites in which people call me nosy for butting in perhaps a little too much over stuff people do with their own lives...)

Yes. You misunderstood me. I agree what you said. By the way Im a safety officer in the company where I am working for.