My aluminium trichloride doesn't dry. I found that it has melting point 0 degrees celsius for hexahydrate. If i heat it it will decompose. I also saw pictures of aluminium trichloride hexahydrate solid at room temperature. How can i get it?
Hi Nicola Paprika, Aluminum chloride is very deliquescent, and it can explode on contact with thewater under the effect of hydration. It ishydrolysis partially in the presence ofwater to form of hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid). In aqueous solution, AlCl3 is fully ionized , and the solution well led electric current. This solution is acidic. In a simplified way, the cation produced by the reaction of chloride of aluminium with water is written : [Al(H2O)6](3+) ======= [Al(OH)(H2O)5](2+) + H3O(+) AlCl3 is probably theLewis acid most commonly used and the most powerful. This compound has many applications in the chemicalindustry , including as a catalyst for the reactions of Friedel and Crafts, bothalkylation andacylation. It is also used for polymerization andisomerization of organic reactions. There is also an aluminium (I) chloride (AlCl3), but it is very unstable and is known in the gaseous State.
