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Offline danielhan2016

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Reaction between Calcium Chloride and Sodium Alginate
« on: May 20, 2014, 01:31:03 PM »
Apparently, if you mix calcium chloride and sodium alginate, then you get a membrane-ish bubbles within the solution, which was used in manufactured beverages somewhere back in 90s.

I guess the chemical reaction should go something like CaCl2(aq) + C6H7O6Na (s) -> ???

But if I'm correct, both substances are soluble. (CaCl2 is a salt easily created with Calcium cation base and... lemme guess HCl) If both substances are soluble in water, then no reaction occurs. If this is correct, please explain why no reaction occurs (this feels like highschool chemistry, but i'm no where near chemistry major :) )

If reaction occurs, then could you please provide me with the reactants? And the type of reaction. Thanks a lot!

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Re: Reaction between Calcium Chloride and Sodium Alginate
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2014, 01:49:47 PM »
Well, you have the reactants already, and the product of interest is simply insoluble calcium alginate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_alginate
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