hi Grant, I'm just letting you know that I'm doing another test reacting copper and HCl. Its been about 30 hours now and the copper mass is already 60% of original mass. The 1st 23 hours was just left stagnant in open air, and the solution went a fairly dark color over that time (you could still see through about 2 centimeters of it). After 23 hrs I added more acid (HCl @ 5.5Molar) and bubbled air. I'll post the results when all the copper has dissolved. I cannot say what is happening with your solution. If the liquid is still relatively clear after all these days then there must be something terribly wrong.
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Cu + HCl -> CuCl2
2003-04-17 by Adam Seychell
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