I am not a chemist, but it was my understanding that HCl isn’t a hexane. Are we just reusing glassware without removing the label, or is HCl actually a hexane?
Hexane is just a solvent. In that solvent we had dissolved a highly reactive chemical that decomposes to HCl when mixed with water. The reaction is highly exothermic and HCl is also volatile. Hence that plume that you are seeing is pure HCl fumes.
I am not a chemist, but it was my understanding that HCl isn’t a hexane. Are we just reusing glassware without removing the label, or is HCl actually a hexane?
Hexane is just a solvent. In that solvent we had dissolved a highly reactive chemical that decomposes to HCl when mixed with water. The reaction is highly exothermic and HCl is also volatile. Hence that plume that you are seeing is pure HCl fumes.