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The Hive => Newbee Forum => Topic started by: officer_murphy on January 19, 2004, 05:19:00 PM

Title: zinc chloride??
Post by: officer_murphy on January 19, 2004, 05:19:00 PM

can zinc chloride and HCl be used in place of zinc and HCl in Zn/HCl reductions???????????

Title: Metal reductions.
Post by: terbium on January 19, 2004, 06:20:00 PM

No. You need the metallic element.

Title: Yes and no
Post by: methymouse on January 20, 2004, 06:27:00 PM

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.