Make Hydrochloric Acid

Warning!
This experiment deals with corrosive acids and gasses. This must be performed in a fume hood or outside in a respirator rated for hydrogen chloride. I am not responsible for harm that comes to persons or property.

[perrofrio]

great video. You explain the videos so clearly. Not a hint of pretentiousness behind them.

[stefanraul]

The reaction with aluminium is slowed down by the layer of oxide on the Al surface, try a reaction with iron, it will go much quicker.

[Shivachemist]

Cool, hydrogen chloride is highly soluble in water. To obtain 36% grade, large amount of hydrogen chloride gas should be dissolved in water. Hence, the same experiment should be repeated at least for a few times to get the high concentration.  In Industries, the dilute acid will again be circulated for absorbing more hydrogen chloride.

[Berghiker]

You do not need any ice for this process. I made yellow concentrated fuming HCL (37%) a few times and yes, the erlenmeyer flask does get extremely hot but as long as you don't touch it, it will be ok.

[wingmantv]

Watching this with curiosity knowing you can make explosives with hydrochloric acid and battery acid

[EdwardTriesToScience]

If you don't take the tube out when the gas production stops, the water will get pulled back in the flask.

[Berghiker]

Why is your acid not concentrated? It would be interesting to see you make concentrated HCL 37% which I made quite easily once.

[Rohandutt]

Hey u haven’t set the right apparatus if u want pure hcl u can use distilling appparatus add those salts and then boil of alll the water with hcl present, I’m sure that hcl is present in the appparatus and the salt produced is unpure

[autumn]

Why use water to dissolve the HCl in? In other videos I’ve seen hydrogen peroxide used, so supposedly it works better. I wish I could test this, I’m just waiting for lab supplies. Maybe you could make a video testing this?

[Berghiker]

Hydrogen Chloride gas dissolves easily equally well in hot or cold distilled water.

[krisztianszirtes]

Can you do it with more water and with a distiller for more yield?

[anilsharma-evmy]

How much costly it is in India to make it by a y cheaper method

[SmalltownVape]

Would 20% nitric add a said work for refining silver and gold

[macro]

Can we make meth next!!?!
Great video

[Berghiker]

What temperature did you heat it up too?

[mikaylathecat]

Or you could just make yourself vomit lol. Hydrochloric acid is also made in the stomach.

[hihi-vrbh]

Would this work with sodium bisulfite instead of bisulfate?