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The Hive => Chemistry Discourse => Topic started by: cheeseboy on February 21, 2002, 12:58:00 PM
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What's the highest % of HCl possible and why?
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I could be wrong cheese, but I believe around %36 because it's just too saturated. HCl is a gas that is Cl- and H3O+ when dissolved in water. If one were to shoot for higher concentrations it would simply evaporate until it reached that stable equilibrium again. You can buy the gas though.
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1 kg of water saturated with hydrogen chloride at 15°c forms 1.75 kg of 43% solution, density 1.231.
By saturating a strongly cooled solution with the gas (HCl) three solid hydrates are formed : HCl,H2O (mp -15.35°c), HCl,2H2O (mp -17.7°c) and HCl,3H2O (mp -24.4°c).
(Rupert, J.A.C.S.,1909,31,851)
Umm, how interesting !!