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Making Silicon Tetrachloride

2015-10-01

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In this video we make some fun SiCl4 from silicon metal and chlorine!

I ideally would have used all glass joints and adapters but I didn't have the supplies to be able to do that. It was suggested by blogfast25 on ScienceMadness that maybe the red stuff was a reaction of the chlorine with the rubber adapters.

TheChemistryShack: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheChemistryShack

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