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Salt + aluminum + electricity ?

When I was a kid I used to like to do all kinds of weird experimentsI noticed when I ran current through salt on aluminum paper it will create a yellowish brown substanceI never got to figure out what it wasOnly serious answers from people with knowledge about chemistry please.

Answer:

The empirical formula is C3 H4 O3That's the one i remember from chemistry
Al(3+) + NaCl + (electricity) AlCl3 (aluminum trichloride) + Na(+) the yellowish brown substance is aluminum trichloride.

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