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Re: carbon reaction
« Reply #15 on: January 14, 2007, 10:19:47 PM »
not actually killing the fish!

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Well, my school is located near a small lake, in the experiment to make C2H2 from CaC2, I had some CaC2 left, so I put them into the lake, the next day, when I came to school, I saw the dead fish ;D, that's the truth, and now, I want to know the reason ???
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Re: carbon reaction
« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2007, 03:30:27 AM »
Write reaction equation.
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Re: carbon reaction
« Reply #17 on: January 15, 2007, 05:56:29 AM »
I know the reaction:
CaC2 + 2H2O--> Ca(OH)2 + C2H2
But I don't understand that whether Ca(OH)2 or C2H2 is the cause of the death ???
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Re: carbon reaction
« Reply #18 on: January 15, 2007, 06:12:05 AM »
Can you further characterise both products?
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Re: carbon reaction
« Reply #19 on: January 15, 2007, 11:46:15 PM »
Ca(OH)2 is a base, C2H2 is an alkyl.
Do you mean that Ca(OH)2 cause alkali environment so that the creatures die
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Re: carbon reaction
« Reply #20 on: January 16, 2007, 02:26:03 AM »
Ca(OH)2 is a base, C2H2 is an alkyl.

C2H2 is an unsaturated hydrocarbon
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Re: carbon reaction
« Reply #21 on: January 16, 2007, 04:03:10 AM »
Ca(OH)2 is a base, C2H2 is an alkyl.
Do you mean that Ca(OH)2 cause alkali environment so that the creatures die

Check MSDS (search on the left, or just Google "acetylene MSDS") or at least wikipedia for acetylene toxicology.
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Re: carbon reaction
« Reply #22 on: January 16, 2007, 07:30:50 AM »
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C2H2 is an alkyl.

did u mean alkyne? the two are somewhat similar in spelling
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Re: carbon reaction
« Reply #23 on: January 16, 2007, 08:32:10 PM »
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C2H2 is an alkyl.

did u mean alkyne? the two are somewhat similar in spelling
I mean that unsaturated hydrocarbon, so I looked up but I still found the wrong word ;D, sorry
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