[TheForge] Making Ferric Chloride etchant

[Darrell]

Bill,
Any idea why your post wanted me to install Japanese language?

Darrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "April & Bill Clemens" <newky2 at dejazzd.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 4:27 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Making Ferric Chloride etchant


> Bruce,
>
> HCl plus Fe results in Ferrous Chloride (FeCl2) not Ferric Chloride 
> (FeCl3)
>
> I assume that when it will dissolve no more Iron it isn't very useful to
> etch iron...
>
> Although it appears you can turn Ferrous Chloride into Ferric Chloride by
> adding Chlorine:
>
> FeCl2(aq) + Cl2(g) → FeCl3(aq)
>
>
>
>
>
> Bill
>
> Sources:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron(III)_chloride
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron(II)_chloride
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.
> net] On Behalf Of Bruce Freeman
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 1:21 PM
> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [TheForge] Making Ferric Chloride etchant
>
> Buy a jug of muriatic acid.  Add scrap iron.  (Flammable, explosive
> hydrogen gas will be given off, so do this outside, using a container
> not tightly sealed.)  When acid will dissolve no more iron, the red
> solution is Ferric Chloride.
>
> Bruce
> NJ
>
>>>> dantull at numail.org 11/21/2006 10:49 AM >>>
> I had heard rumors that they were removing it, is why I bought 6
> bottles
> last trip in. Last year it was still on the shelf, thou geek didn't
> know
> what or where.
>
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