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zeocrash
January 14th, 2004, 02:48 PM
Ok, at the moment my chemistry course at college is covering the topic of ion exchange resins.
This got me thinking about using An H+ ion exchange resins to produce various acids from various salts.
This could be used as a method of producing HNO3.
I was also wondering whether an H+ ion exchange resin could be used to produce other more exotic acids, such as HClO3, Hypochlorous acid and permanganic acid.
Any thoughts??

vulture
January 14th, 2004, 04:07 PM
Well, every acid, including your resin, has it's pKa and I doubt it will be high enough to form strong acids.

It's useful though for reactions which call for mildly acidic environment. The resin will also scavenge Na+, Mg2+ and Ca2+ from your solution.