Redoxreaktion kupferchlorid und aluminium?
Chlor und Sauerstoff sind sich ja nicht mal so unähnlich. Beide können Verbindungen mit brennbaren Stoffen eingehen, eine Kerze kann sogar in Chlor brennen. Somit sollte damit auch eine redoxreaktion wie bei thermit möglich sein, nur dass eben Chlor und nicht Sauerstoff “transportiert”:
3CuCl2 + 2Al ==> 3Cu + 2AlCl3
Allerdings habe ich gerade herausgefunden dass sich Aluminiumchlorid bei 262°C wieder zersetzt und die reaktion erreicht sicher deutlich höhere Temperaturen, also kommt es wahrscheinlich gar nicht zu dieser Bildung.
Magnesiumchlorid ist aber bei 1400°C noch stabil, also sollte das gehen:
CuCl2 + Mg ==> MgCl2 + Cu
Was haltet ihr davon?
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Could. However, in the reaction of CuCl2 and Mg only about half as much energy should be released as in the thermit itself. Accordingly, the reaction will not proceed so strongly exothermically and explosively (if it can maintain itself at all)
In addition, the alkali metal and alkaline earth metal chlorides are known to behave somewhat differently than their oxides. So it’s hard to predict what’s happening.
Then it must be tested 😀
Thank you for your answer!
The chemical equation you specified describes the redox reaction between copper chloride (CuCl2) and magnesium (Mg). In this reaction, copper chloride acts as an oxidizing agent and emits electrons to magnesium, whereby it becomes a reducing agent.
The reaction produces magnesium chloride (MgCl2) and copper (Cu) as products. Magnesium chloride is a white solid which is formed in this reaction, and copper is a metallic element which has a higher electron affinity than copper chloride.
The chemical equation of the reaction is:
CuCl2 + Mg -> MgCl2 + Cu
It shows the ratio of the substances used and the products formed.
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Personally, the substances involved in the reaction are rather inconvenient, too unhealthy and possibly also expensive.
I know that copper chloride is toxic, in magnesium chloride or aluminum chloride I am not sure, but I am interested in whether the reaction in practice takes place at all and what it looks like. If I do 1 or 10g of it, it’s not expensive either. But actually there is no reason why it shouldn’t react, right?