Hydrochloric Acid Reacting With Aluminum

125ml Of Hydrochloric Acid (Muriatic Acid 25%) was added to aluminum. Aluminum Chloride and Hydrogen gas were produced in the process.
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[@themiskeens1224]

The quality was beautiful!

[@SimplyChem32]

Thanks! I appreciate that! :]

[@kafuu3847]

TheMiskeens thks :-)

[@t-rexff7882]

@@SimplyChem32 what if we do this in water bottles and close it।।।।

[@deherrick1]

Excellent quality! I will show this to my students.

[@suhasinieg6671]

Lighting that shit is not a good idea

[@jonnylpenman]

This was good for my homework. Thanks!

[@eddiehoare3488]

I wondered why my aluminium stove top coffee machine never made good tasting coffee after I washed it out with hydro toilet cleaner! Will run some vinegar through it and hope it stops getting weird scaly stuff on its insides! Ta for great video.

[@rocki_bb]

I appreciate the video. I'm planning a project, & my husband thought I was exaggerating about the amount of hydrogen gas that would be produced. He no longer thinks I'm exaggerating and agrees my safety precautions are reasonable 😂

[@mgfoster9197]

We did this experiment at my high school in chemistry class only we used empty two-liter bottles of soda and blew them up in the parking lot towards the end of the year in spring and my chemistry teacher said he always looks forward to watching it explode to signify the end of the school year.

[@chancesud]

My brothers did the same thing outside of school when I was a kid, we were all yelled at by my parents

[@Deontjie]

I am planning to use your method as a booby trap to safeguard my chickens. I have done this with glass Coke bottles. Will plastic bottles work? Heat, acid?

[@mgfoster9197]

@@Deontjie 2 liter plastic soda bottles, and dilute the acid.

[@baljeetd]

Good to know!

[@legendarypillow1450]

For anyone wondering, you can do this with store - bought Muriatic acid. The reaction will take 10-15 seconds to go full blown savage exothermic.

[@nadeekaekanayeka.9347]

Thanks a lot...

[@donaldcampbell7894]

Well there goes that outdoor patio set. I’ll bet your wife was really impressed.

[@TurtleSauceGaming]

We did 33 different reactions in lab. This was one, though with 2ml of HCl in a test tube. Ended up writing it off too soon and wasting the tube before it started reacting. Suddenly, our neighbors started freaking out. Look over to see the angry looking black foam. They take it to the fume hood, but were panicking and weren't sure what to do next. I took it from them and dumped it in the waste collection bottle under the fume hood. Couldn't believe how hot it was. Needless to say I reran the reaction to see for myself.

[@mihael64]

Yeah, this stuff is very scary and it takes a long while to react because of the aluminium oxide on the surface

[@TurtleSauceGaming]

@@mihael64 Oh it was cool. I wish there was a way to tinker with reactions in undergraduate college chem classses.

[@mihael64]

@@TurtleSauceGaming Yeah, me too.

[@Ajokeiguess]

When I was a kid I got some hydrochloric acid, I had some aluminum powder and a bunch of other stuff too. The first time, I did some research tried something, and out of nowhere this absolutely beautiful reaction started happening, I couldn’t find anything about it, so I guess I kinda discovered it, but when I trie to recreate it, I was doing it in a little plastic cup in my garage, I slowly added the acid, it began to work, but then black bubbles started pouring out onto the concrete, I was terrified, after a few more attempts I got it again though. Another time I mixed potassium permanganate ethanol and hydrogen peroxide in a plastic cup, the cup shrank launching flames all over.

[@TurtleSauceGaming]

@@Ajokeiguess congratulations. You Made fire. Lol

[@SimplyChem32]

The reaction is HIGHLY Exothermic, and the consistency of the remaining acid is like that of water, and not viscous at all.

[@pavtyler8405]

Thank you for helping with my homework!

[@dean3188]

May I ask, how/where did you dispose the waste that was produced?

[@Jeremi6h]

Argo in the sewer

[@superdakkar675]

But why don't the heat detonates the hydrogen gas?

[@Panophobe]

@@superdakkar675 Because H2, while it has a low flash-point, does have a high auto-ignition point. It needs about 1000*F to actually ignite itself.

[@faizanawan6175]

Very fast reaction nice

[@christopherrossman3713]

holy cow that is awesome

[@jamesjzelaznyjr910]

This process is everywhere on the internet,but what I never see is someone measuring the heat being produced. This in my opinion is most critical as one would need this info to plan the container they need to be using and if they want to use this gas , how much cooling they will need as it exits your tubing. Especially for a balloon. You do not want heat and moisture in a balloon.

[@bryanttailor9496]

Excellent video and all he chemicals from the corner hardware store

[@wubbydotwave]

That was fascinating to watch! What is the consistency of the remaining liquid once the Aluminum is fully dissolved? Also during the chemical reaction, does the temperature increase at all, or does it all occur at room temperature?

[@TurtleSauceGaming]

It gets extremely hot. I held a testube for about 3 seconds with vinyl gloves and while I didn't really get any discernable burn, it was extremely hot and I had to resist the urge to let go

[@HawkFire74]

Thanks for the video man, helped my out with some unfinished prac work I didn't have time to do in class (Y11 Chem). BTW, is there any extra reactants in the foil or is it just elemental Aluminium?

[@SimplyChem32]

+HawkFire74 Just aluminum.

[@SimplyChem32]

+SimplyChem Glad I could be of assistance, though! Hope all goes well.

[@HawkFire74]

+SimplyChem thanks man, you've made a new subscriber today.

[@serrraphic_]

Nice

[@QUEENBEE-nh8ju]

Thank u it helped me so much again thank you

[@AisenVEVO]

science!

[@marvel0752]

I’m just here for science homework- but nice!

[@arta3vur]

We make these in certains events as fireworks, we fill plastic bottle with the same components, then we make a little hole over the lid and just as it starts to react we light some fire over the hole, the explosion is realy something

[@sushmachouhan1355]

Good

[@flames9212]

Is there any danger in inhaling the gases?

[@angeloschaloulis1394]

Tommorow i write exam in inorganic chemistry ..Alcl2 its coming

[@CottonPickers42]

The good ol' days of planting smoke bombs in high school lockers and smoking the halls out.

[@missabril123]

is aluminum on its pure form?

[@loey_exol5705]

Wow

[@johnsmack5253]

How hot does it get ?

[@1347raymond]

What temperature is the HCL at when the aluminium reacts and the hydrogen gas is made

[@anurankashyap3420]

At normal room temperature, bcoz Al is a highly reactive metal, so it doesn't need high temperature nor it needs conc hcl..

[@bearcavalry89]

I'm curious how many times this HCL could repeat with more aluminum added to it, at what point or how could you measure its potency to which it would become ineffective?

[@oyku.akbulut]

You can calculate how many moles of aluminum you have by weighing how much Aluminum you have, then use simple equation for how many moles of HCL you need, then calculate the weight and volume. 2 moles of Al needs 6 moles HCL until equilibrium is achieved with 3 moles of H2 and 2 moles of AlCl3. Problem is, foil is not 100 percent Aluminum, I'm pretty sure there is still some weight, maybe some 2-10 percent alloying elements in the foil that may or may not join the reaction, even if they did, will have different needs of HCL to reach equilibrium. After reaching equilibrium, adding more foil won't react.

[@velix_1210]

It's Al+Hcl, right?

[@thibaultdherbaisdethun1044]

I want to extract alcl3 by évaporation but After 3hours, the solution turn yellow. Can someone explain pls?

[@kevinvold8872]

Does the reaction start slowly because of the oxide layer on the aluminum?

[@XxXDanielGXxX]

exactly

[@AaronDarden]

all the hydrogen

[@No-Name5985]

so was that hydrochloric acid what the ratio?

[@ajingolk7716]

Why it turned black greyech?

[@ZACH12311]

If you put in enough aluminum until it stops reacting, then filtered the remaining liquid through a coffee filter and put the filtered liquid on a hot plate to heat until evaporated would the left over solid be AlCl3? Aluminum chloride

[@SimplyChem32]

+zach leuty I guess :] Because all the HCL would vaporize, as would any water.

[@mayhulk7514]

Yup

[@charlesfrausto3485]

so thats why we didnt do it in class

[@Mutantcy1992]

Put this reaction in a 2 L bottle and set it near a flame. I mean, wait, no, don't do that!

[@SimplyChem32]

+Mutantcy1992 Believe me. If I didn't live next to a ton of old people who are already skeptical of what I've been doing, I would.

[@HD58PHD]

I feel ya on that! lol

[@davemwangi05]

@@SimplyChem32 what was the molarity of the acid you used here? .. or maybe immorality? I'm running a project to make HCL directly from chlorine and hydrogen. Which is obtained from tablesalt using the chlor alkali process.

[@Chamlan17]

Please is this hydrogen chloride gas?

[@emilisank9186]

Epiker gamer moment

[@midwestchem368]

How is the smell of aluminium chloride? I'm about to convert bismuth chloride to bismuth using aluminium and I've never worked with aluminium chloride yet. I was thinking of making some after the bismuth reaction I'm doing since aluminium chloride is produced but will be too contaminated. I don't have a work space so I keep what I do to reactions I can run outside in our apartment complex parking lot. Lol it's a crap spot to work but I try to be respectful and not do extremely smelly reactions.

[@shawonrahman2891]

What's the temperature

[@IntermountainGoldRefiners]

That got a little to exciting in the middle.

[@seeyaa_2ss]

Quick question have 1" conduit pipe that is aluminum pipe with a little concrete in it that we need to get out will muratic acid Hydrochloric acid fuck up the pipe

[@chrishuppe2734]

Could you do this again but put a balloon on top to capture the hydrogen gas and to make a rising balloon with hydrogen

[@isshunova]

That went 0 to 100 then back to 0 real quick

[@BaddaBigBoom]

Bloody fuck! I have some 12 molar HCL and access to aluminium foil, I never knew the reaction would be that violent, and presumably exothermic (?)

[@uvgro]

How many hydrochloric percent

[@KingBoy-kf9wr]

Can i get al2o3 from this experiment

[@thescienceofsinging291]

Hi, i'm doing a design lab in class with this same sort of reaction and i wanted to know if you could measure mass or temperature change with this reaction?

[@SimplyChem32]

Definitely! I'm sure you could measure a weight change due to steam, and a temperature change given the fact that the reaction is quite exothermic. Unfortunately, I need to restock on Hydrochloric Acid, so I would not (as of now) be able to do that myself.

[@thescienceofsinging291]

Alright! Thank you very much for the reply! Also would it be better when reacting the two to have the aluminium in a crumpled ball shape or in a flat sheet?

[@SimplyChem32]

The Science of Singing Well, if this was an experiment in which you were gathering data, you might want a uniformly sized flat sheet of aluminum. A flat sheet would also react faster with the acid due to the fact that a greater amount of it's surface area is coming in contact with the acid. If, on the other hand, you were simply demonstrating the reaction (as I was in this video :] ), and are not concerned about scientific data, it would not hurt to plop in a balled up piece of aluminum foil. Compacting the aluminum would also prolong the reaction. Guess it all just depends on what you're doing :D

[@thescienceofsinging291]

Alright! I really appreciate your quick responses thanks again very much! :)

[@SimplyChem32]

The Science of Singing No problem :]

[@renj6531]

what did the fumes smell like was it bad? I cant imagine it being any worse than that time i was a kid and I thought mixing amonia and bleach would make a super cleaner and I passed out

[@SimplyChem32]

I was not close enough to smell any of the fumes, but while the majority of it is steam and hydrogen gas, there would be some HCl fumes mixed in as it boils off due to the high heat.

[@IBUILTTHAT]

You forgot the reaction of Al2O3

[@boang9873]

what is the substance of the aluminum foil when mixed with muriatic acidd

[@wyattthacker3679]

Aluminum Chloride

[@anuradhakanwar2782]

ASMR ALERT 0:58

[@6_iq]

Damn

[@sleepy9697]

isn't Hydrogen colorless?

[@cosmicpanther63]

Seal that in a hard plastic bottle and set it next to a flame. AHAHAHAAH

[@dcfcdrummergirl]

I feel so enlightened :-0

[@SimplyChem32]

I'm glad :D

[@khushitripathi860]

I love chemicals

[@FirstLast-sd6vw]

Is it safe to inhale the hydrogen gas produced in this reaction to make the pitch of your voice higher? Just asking.

[@SimplyChem32]

You're thinking of helium. I would NOT recommend breathing this in, as it probably has acid fumes as well as hydrogen.

[@aboodramahi1992]

No it’s dangerous it’s poison ☠️ we use helium for changing pitch not hydrogen

[@topsecret1837]

Couldn’t people use this reaction to get hydrogen gas for fuel cells? Hydrogen fuel would be a lot cleaner to burn, too!

[@Avogadro602E21]

For it to be viable as a method of generating hydrogen for fuel, you'd have to consider whether or not it took more energy to produce the aluminum, and the hydrochloric acid vs the amount of energy you'd get out from the combustion of hydrogen. Then you have to consider the disposal of the waste, etc.

[@thzzzt]

Why did it take so long for the reaction to start? I would think I would be almost instant, but it took almost a minute.

[@babudhi]

thzzzt because of aluminium oxide coating.

[@enidoku213]

@@babudhi note: it is a good conductor of electricity , i have tried electricity experiment , you sure its AlO ?

[@serrraphic_]

I am 7 years late 🤣 At that time I was about 4 years

[@just1certifiable]

I wonder if the aluminum we take in (coming from a can, tin foil, vaccine, etc.) would react the same way when it comes in contact with stomach acid?

[@suhasinieg6671]

No because the acid in our stomach is diluted

[@JustinLodes]

Suhasini Eg you don’t know that for sure. Yes it’s diluted but I seriously believe this is part of the reason for spontaneous human combustion. It only happens to humans which implies that we are doing something to cause a chemical reaction in the body to set it off

[@CharlesMarzzacco]

Do you know why the aluminum chloride is grey?

[@babudhi]

Charles Marzzacco Because of impurities.

[@anthenriqe909]

Now collect and filter the product

[@ArchieHalliwell]

What are the white fumes?

[@decmoran7750]

Archie Halliwell Hydrogen gas:)

[@danishmobeen7396]

But But I have studied that Aluminum has a layer or oxide on its surface?.....Is it only if FeO is reacting?

[@smailedog657]

The HCl is able to get through that layer. If you've ever seen an aluminium / mercury amalgamation reaction, they often use hydrochloric acid to clear the oxide layer off to get the reaction started. Also, the aluminium / copper sulfate reaction needs salt (NaCl) for the same reason, suggesting that the chloride ion can displace the oxygen changing the oxide to a chloride (might be wrong on that final detail). Bear in mind that, like the HCl experiment here, the Al/CuSO4 reaction is exothermic as hell, so fair warning.

[@nocturnomrsoffa6042]

I dont know why my solution of aluminium choride is green -_- pls help me

[@anubisanc1293]

Probably impurities of Fe in the aluminium foil that turn to ferric chloride during the reaction. Ferric chloride is greeny yellow

[@mendellucero]

is that muriatic acid and aluminum foil?

[@babudhi]

scott matrix Yes

[@arjenbij]

I wonder what would happend when adding sodiumhydroxide. Given that both the hcl and the aluminiumchloride can react with it.

[@SimplyChem32]

+arjenbij Well, assuming I had used stoichiometrically proportionate amounts of both HCl and Al, there would be no more HCl to react with the NaOH, because the Al would have converted it all to H2 and AlCl3. But you would have NaCl and AlOH.

[@arjenbij]

SimplyChem mmh, I've read that reacting AlCl3 with NaOH is a pretty violent reaction.... a good way to yield kitchen salt.

[@SimplyChem32]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5axYYeqZ6yoZqs - This is an even better way.

[@arjenbij]

SimplyChem haha, yeah one of my fellow students tried to do that once to neutralize the acid. We were quite bored because we had to wait for other students to finish titration. As a result we were messing around putting coins into hcl to clean them. He wanted to put NaOH in the little 100ml beker to neutralize it. I told him that wouldn't be such a good idea.

[@SimplyChem32]

Depending on the amount of NaOH, you might've ended up boiling the HCl, which would've been pretty funny.

[@fabriciomaffezzollidaveiga1742]

are hydrochloric aluminum only a liquid?

[@mayhulk7514]

What?

[@mohamedy.mohudin7160]

so did the aluminum dissolve or disappear

[@Th3Zomb1e]

+Mohamed Y. Mohudin nothing disappers bruh , it dissolved

[@arjenbij]

+Mohamed Y. Mohudin Didn't dissolve. The hydrogenchloride reacted with the aluminium to form aluminiumchloride and hydrogen gas.

[@victherocker]

what would happen if you lit up the hydrogen gas?

[@decmoran7750]

Victor Nguyen What happened to the German zeppelins?

[@mctg9043]

There would be a flame but it wouldn't be dangerous. It would look like a big candle.

[@anon5142]

Why does it become grey?

[@SimplyChem32]

The formation of Aluminum Chloride causes the grey-ish color present.

[@lukeandrew2714]

I used sodium hydroxide with foil (aluminum) and nothing happened, is that what its supposed to do?

[@SimplyChem32]

+Luke Andrew Well, no.

[@lukeandrew2714]

Whats supposed to happen? Something like yours?

[@SimplyChem32]

Yeah. A bit less vigorous perhaps.

[@rhysmacdonnell9412]

it depends on the moles how many moles in the HCl

[@SimplyChem32]

I found 6 moles in my backyard. I thought that might've been enough :( Stupid things keep digging holes and ruining my succulents.

[@JoshuaOlsonOfficial]

What concentration is the acid? 6 molar?

[@bernardpauldangallo6794]

25%

[@JustinLodes]

Joshua Olson says in description

[@aoimizu_02]

I know this comment is from a while ago, but I still feel the need to respond. Take this with a grain of salt because I’m just a junior in highschool in chem class guessing at how to do the calculations, but I think it’s about 8 M HCl.

[@kel0326]

Why did I get a pungent smell when I did this experiment? Does anyone know why? :(

[@SimplyChem32]

Kelvin Wong This is because the amount of heat generated vaporizes some of the Hydrochloric Acid :]

[@kel0326]

and thus releasing chlorine gas, right?? thank you so much!!!

[@HarrrySpider]

+Kelvin Wong check the equation shown in the video - chlorine gas (Cl2) is NOT produced. The chlorine is in ionic form as Chloride to start off (as part of HCL, or hydrochloric acid), and remains in the Chloride form after the reaction, as part of Aluminum Chloride. The smell is probably HCL being given off in gas form, which is unpleasant and btw: don't breathe that stuff!

[@alend98]

+SimplyChem So is there a way to produce pure o nearly pure Hydrogen gas?

[@SimplyChem32]

You could probably just bubble the resulting gas through a solution of sodium hydroxide to neutralize the HCL vapors. That would leave you with H2 And NaCl. Probably. :]

[@tusharbajaj0532]

Why the fck is this liquid in my stomach

[@ambrosefogarty6423]

I bet powdered aluminum would explode.

[@SimplyChem32]

I tried powdered aluminum once, due to the increase in surface area coming in contact with the acid, it only reacted more quickly :]

[@HD58PHD]

Same with Hydrogen Chloride and Aluminum chips from the mill. Immediate reaction compared to foil,,,(in that 2L bottle)

[@jacobasfour]

What smoke is coming out at the end

[@JustinLodes]

And aluminum chloride

[@interstategar]

This is the same type your body produces to digest food

[@thfreakin]

interstategar it’s so protease can work at its optimum pH

[@ramongriffith8943]

why is the solution that colour??

[@JoelBritos]

Because of the aluminum chloride, 2AlCl3

[@JoelBritos]

Because of the aluminum chloride, 2AlCl3

[@sachdevamks4047]

Al is inert to acids You have undergone to electrolysis

[@HarrrySpider]

Danger? heat? sputtering HCL? you should warn folks, mate. At least SAFETY GLASSES, no? Even the Crazy Russian Hacker takes safety seriously...

[@SimplyChem32]

+HarrrySpider Bahaha, I trust you, and others, have common sense. Am I mistaken? ;) Not everything needs a disclaimer. Those become repetitious and annoying. Use your head. -Also, yes. I was wearing nice thick goggles.

[@HarrrySpider]

+SimplyChem you trust the public has common sense??? have you MET any of them? ha! As a safety manager for an environmental cleanup company, I can tell you: nope. Pretty much EVERYTHING needs a disclaimer, I'm sad to report... dealing with a ladder fall as we speak, but we've had chemicals in workers' eyes, while they were wearing the wrong eye protection, and those were trained technicians. "Common Sense" loses to "we didn't think THAT would happen", and that applies to you too. Annoying? isn't all good advice annoying? eat your veggies... well, I figure a tiny drop of HCL in the eye might be mildly annoying too, but hey, it's your audience. I presume your thick goggles have side shields, yeah? (So annoying, I know, but maybe I'm not actually talking to you alone... ;-) xoxoxo

[@joswanson1331]

+HarrrySpider You are the reason we can't have nice things.

[@williammathews6825]

People like him are the reason some people still have functional eyes, ears, nostrils, mouths, limbs, and every other organ under the sun. Have a think about that.

[@andrewdavis5386]

William Mathews Yeah? A guy who is writing a KZbin comment while simultaneously dealing with a "ladder fall" doesn't sound like he's doing too much good protecting the masses. SimplyChem is right. Use your common sense. People who need disclaimers for everything in life have way more problems.

[@uraniumperson1587]

Al+hcl-------al2hcl+h2

[@brandonschulz7590]

How did the hcl gas smell, it seems you created alot with your imaginary H2 gas.

[@ThePokemonPizza]

it wasnt hcl gas

[@mayhulk7514]

Its hydrogen

[@RedEyeCyclops]

how to make explosion in stomach

[@SimplyChem32]

Needs more fire, if you ask me. :]

[@biolinkstudios]

+Joe Liew dry ice

[@ki-pattao9030]

Don't try this at home

[@anilrana2713]

I do similar experiments if u agree can I send u videos and may be we can share them channel,I have a mini lab I am 15 years old and I can’t make regular videos as I have to study ,plz sir it was my child hood dream to make KZbin videos

[@johnzupan515]

Set up

[@myroslavjohnshelton3304]

do it again but this time light that shit up then see how much views you get

[@bhismadebmukherjee3682]

Me: Don't sit idle in an acid, Al ! (After sometime) Aluminum: You see I can flip? You see I can liberate hydrogen? YOU SEE I CAN REPLACE THE ACID WITH MY OXIDE? Me: 😶😶😶 (The worst joke ever)

[@enidoku213]

hello , why doesnt it produce AlClH instead ? what makes it bond/react like that ?

[@johnzupan515]

staged

[@johnzupan515]

FAKE