officer_murphy (Stranger)
01-19-04 17:19
No 483325
      zinc chloride??     

can zinc chloride and HCl be used in place of zinc and HCl in Zn/HCl reductions???????????
 
 
 
 
    terbium
(Old P2P Cook)
01-19-04 18:20
No 483334
      Metal reductions.     

No. You need the metallic element.

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    methymouse
(Newbee)
01-20-04 18:27
No 483566
      Yes and no     

You can react the ZnCl2 with aluminum to get metallic zinc.  It's still probably easier and cheaper to just buy the metallic element in powdered form.

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