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Chemical decomposition, or chemical breakdown, is the process or effect of simplifying a single chemical entity (normal molecule, reaction intermediate, etc.) into two or more fragments. [1] Chemical decomposition is usually regarded and defined as the exact opposite of chemical synthesis .
Thermal decomposition, or thermolysis, is a chemical decomposition of a substance caused by heat. The decomposition temperature of a substance is the temperature at which the substance chemically decomposes. The reaction is usually endothermic as heat is required to break chemical bonds in the compound undergoing
Potassium chloride (KCl, or potassium salt) is a metal halide salt composed of potassium and chlorine. It is odorless and has a white or colorless vitreous crystal appearance. The solid dissolves readily in water, and its solutions have a salt-like taste. Potassium chloride can be obtained from ancient dried lake deposits. [7]
Monatomic hydrogen Gas H 218 Hydrogen: Gas H 2: 0 Water: Gas H 2 O −241.818 Water: Liquid H 2 O −285.8 Hydrogen ion: Aqueous H + 0 Hydroxide ion: Aqueous OH −: −230 Hydrogen peroxide: Liquid H 2 O 2: −187.8 Phosphoric acid: Liquid H 3 PO 4: −1288 Hydrogen cyanide: Gas HCN 130.5 Hydrogen bromide: Liquid HBr −36.3 Hydrogen chloride ...
At the anode (A), chloride (Cl −) is oxidized to chlorine. The ion-selective membrane (B) allows the counterion Na+ to freely flow across, but prevents anions such as hydroxide (OH −) and chloride from diffusing across. At the cathode (C), water is reduced to hydroxide and hydrogen gas. The net process is the electrolysis of an aqueous ...
Hydrogen chloride can protonate molecules or ions and can also serve as an acid-catalyst for chemical reactions where anhydrous (water-free) conditions are desired. Because of its acidic nature, hydrogen chloride is a corrosive substance , particularly in the presence of moisture.
Some metal-organic coordination compounds can eliminate hydrogen halides, [6] either spontaneously, [7] thermally, or by mechanochemical reaction with a solid base such as potassium hydroxide. [8] For example, salts that contain acidic cations hydrogen bonded to halometallate anions will often undergo dehydrohalogenation reactions reversibly: [6]
thiols (decomposition gases known for their foul odours) pyruvic acid; sulphides; hydrogen sulphide gas Ferrous sulphide will be produced if iron is present, which can be seen as a black precipitate; Two common decarboxylation products of protein associated with decomposition are putrescine and cadaverine.