Published on March 3, 2017
Cans in Acid and Base – part of our “Berzelius Day” uploading 24 videos in 24 hours. Full video containing this reaction at:
NOTE FROM THE PROFESSOR: In the UK, Coke cans (but not Pepsi) are made from aluminium. In HCl, the Al dissolves initially to form aluminium trichloride and probably after that H+ and [AlCl4]- ions. In NaOH, Al forms sodium aluminate
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Periodic Videos films are by video journalist Brady Haran