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Title: Does soda powder and iron (III) chloride powder react without water?
Post by: v50000ds on June 13, 2021, 06:14:30 PM

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Title: Re: Does soda powder and iron (III) chloride powder react without water?
Post by: Borek on June 14, 2021, 02:48:07 AM

Define "without water". Not in a solution? Or dried out and kept in an artificially anhydrous atmosphere?

Not that the answer will be different: solids do react, just slowly.

Title: Re: Does soda powder and iron (III) chloride powder react without water?
Post by: v50000ds on June 14, 2021, 03:02:33 AM

Yes, dried out and kept in an artificially anhydrous atmosphere.
"solids do react, just slowly" -- Not only solid, fine powder
How fast does the reaction proceed depending on the degree of grinding?
The reaction is exothermic, accelerates after the fuse, is it comparable to termite?

Title: Re: Does soda powder and iron (III) chloride powder react without water?
Post by: Borek on June 14, 2021, 03:38:32 AM

1. We told you we don't discuss explosives.

2. No, this reaction won't do what you want it to do, energies involved are way too low.

Title: Re: Does soda powder and iron (III) chloride powder react without water?
Post by: v50000ds on June 14, 2021, 07:22:54 AM

Thank you.
May be NaOH + iron (III) chloride react fastest?
or LiOH+Iron (III) chloride, Li CO3? Ca CO3, CaOH?
or iron sulfate+soda (or LiOH/Li CO3)?