The Vespiary
The Hive => Newbee Forum => Topic started by: officer_murphy on January 19, 2004, 05:19:00 PM
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can zinc chloride and HCl be used in place of zinc and HCl in Zn/HCl reductions???????????
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No. You need the metallic element.
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You can react the ZnCl2 with aluminum to get metallic zinc. It's still probably easier and cheaper to just buy the metallic element in powdered form.