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Is heating hydroclric acid (HCl) with a bunsen burner dangerous?
I want to do a lab where you increase the rate of reaction by increasing temperature and I want to react HCl with solid CaCO3. I plan on increasing the temperature of 2MHCl by heating it with a bunsen burner but I'm not sure if it's dangerous.
I forgot to mention that the HCL is diluted. And I apologize for the typos.
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- ChadLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
Heating dilute HCl is not dangerous. The reaction could become quite vigorous though, and since it liberates CO2, it could foam up and out. Hydrochloric acid is a solution in water, and since water is not flammable, it's reasonably safe. Perform it in a fume cupboard with adequate ventilation and you won't even have to worry about the HCl gas coming out of solution.
