Experiment

[P-man]

I did this experiment. I am not sure about my equation, however, if I am correct, there is a little something that caught my eye.

NaCl + H2SO4 --> NaSO4 + H2Cl*

*What is this?

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by P-man

NaCl + H2SO4 --> NaSO4 + H2Cl*

*What is this?

Boldface?

[orbsycli]

I think he's referring to your invisibility cloak, Turtle.

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by orbsycli

I think he's referring to your invisibility cloak, Turtle.

Nah...he has a real chemistry question & I was trying to be jocular. P-Man's alright...sorry P-Man for interupting the flow. I only know enough chemistry to know either you are asking what compound is H2Cl literally, or that finding H2Cl as a solution to the equation somehow surprises you. If you press me further, I can further illuminate my ignorance. That is all.

[Racoon]

Are you trying to make Chlorine Gas??
What exactly are you wanting to do P-man?

my chemistry is rusty...
haha, get it, rusty - oxidation...

Let see if I have time to go looking through my old notes.
I really do wish I would have kept my Chemistry Book from college.

[infamous]

Originally Posted by P-man

I did this experiment. I am not sure about my equation, however, if I am correct, there is a little something that caught my eye.

NaCl + H2SO4 --> NaSO4 + H2Cl*

*What is this?

I'm not sure how the reaction would go but;

Na2SO4 is sodium sulphate, and HCL is hydrochloric acid

If you look at your reaction, NaSO4 + H2CL cannot be accurate.............Infy

[Jay-qu]

Originally Posted by P-man

I did this experiment. I am not sure about my equation, however, if I am correct, there is a little something that caught my eye.

NaCl + H2SO4 --> NaSO4 + H2Cl*

*What is this?

The problem is your equation has not be properly balanced! it should look more like:

2NaCl + H2SO4 --> Na2SO4 + 2HCl

[P-man]

So NaSO4 is not a compound? What about H2Cl?

Anyways, if I made HCl, then it would have been formed in a gaseous form, right? Then it would have floated away on the wind...

Sodium sulphate... what may I do with that, exactly?

Oh, and I have found a new balance to the equation:

NaCl + H2SO4 --> NaHSO4 + HCl

Which still produces HCl but also a compound that I have temporarily named Sodium Hydrosulphate.

[Jay-qu]

Originally Posted by P-man

So NaSO4 is not a compound? What about H2Cl?

They may be, but they wont readily form under normal conditions in a very large abundance. The NaSO4 will have a negative charge while the H2Cl will come with a positive charge.

Anyways, if I made HCl, then it would have been formed in a gaseous form, right?

No, it would have all stayed in an aqueous form - that is dissolved in the water.

Oh, and I have found a new balance to the equation:

NaCl + H2SO4 --> NaHSO4 + HCl

there are many balances to the equation, yes they add up but that doesnt mean it can happen in the real world - maybe under some wacky conditions.. but under normal conditions you may only create a very small amount of it. Its sort of like probability, the most probable outcome of these two chems been mixed is the equation I wrote up, but there are other possibilities these will occur but on a very small scale.

[P-man]

So you are saying under normal conditions the equation you wrote up is what would happen? So I made Na2SO4 not NaHSO4?