Homebrew PCBs

That is my thought.

I suppose the following could occur:
CuCl + NaOH -> CuOH + NaCl?

There has to be a way to predict it, but it's been a long, long time.


pcb.easy wrote:
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Dale J. Chatham" <dale@...> 
> wrote:
>   
>> I'm guessing, drawing on high school and college chemistry.
>>
>> H2O2 + HCl + Cu -> 2H20 + CuCl
>> Unreacted H2O2 and HCl remain in solution.
>>
>> HCl + NaOH -> NaCl + H2O
>>
>> You are very unlikely to produce H2O2 in the reaction with HCl and 
>>     
> NaOH, 
>   
>> IMO.
>>
>> My guess is that you have CuCl as the blue sludge.  I suppose it 
>>     
> could 
>   
>> be CuOH, but you'd have to convince yourself that Cu would rather 
>>     
> bond 
>   
>> with OH.  A smell of chlorine when you are reacting would be a 
>>     
> clue, or 
>   
>> bubbles and a yellow gas.
>>
>>     
> Thanks for your relpy. Your correct, I don't know why I typed HCl _ 
> NaOH = NaCl + H2O2,  H2O2 is Hydrogen Peroxide. So the thinking is 
> that the Blue sludge is CuCl, and the clear liquid at the top is salt 
> water?
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