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Title: Aluminium chloride
Post by: Lamaraaa on April 08, 2011, 12:40:14 PM

In reaction:
2AlCl₃*6H₂O  :rarrow:  Al₂O₃ +6HCl+ 9H₂O
why one of products isn't anhydrous AlCl₃ ?

Title: Re: Aluminium chloride
Post by: DevaDevil on April 08, 2011, 01:07:37 PM

because the decomposition is energetically favored