***Does HCl Hydrolyses in Water?*** (1 Viewer)

[sointoyourself]

Does HCl Hydrolyse in Water or is it only Acidic and Basic Salts that do that?

Is the equation HCl + H20 -> Cl- + H30+
or is this NOT a hydrolysis equation and something different?

A hydrolysis equation is like follows...
NH₄⁺ + H₂O NH₃ + H₃O⁺

 

[sointoyourself]

Is it not hydrolysis because it -> goes to completion and doesn't exist in equilibrium like every other hydrolysis equation i've looked at?

 

[sointoyourself]

 

[iSplicer]

Does HCl Hydrolyse in Water or is it only Acidic and Basic Salts that do that?

Is the equation HCl + H20 -> Cl- + H30+
or is this NOT a hydrolysis equation and something different?

A hydrolysis equation is like follows...
NH₄⁺ + H₂O NH₃ + H₃O⁺

Your understanding of the word 'hydrolysis' is incorrect. Please see the wikipedia article, it shoudl explain it for you.

HCl + H20 -> Cl- + H30+ is NOT a hydrolysis equation. It's an ionisation/B-L acid equation.

 

[sointoyourself]

Your understanding of the word 'hydrolysis' is incorrect. Please see the wikipedia article, it shoudl explain it for you.

HCl + H20 -> Cl- + H30+ is NOT a hydrolysis equation. It's an ionisation/B-L acid equation.

That's what I thought! Thank you very much + repped.

 

[iSplicer]

That's what I thought! Thank you very much + repped.

You're welcome =]. A hydrolysis reaction is any where water is 'lysed' = 'destroyed' = SPLIT. An example of one relevant to the HSC would be the breakage of bonds in an organic polymer - a water splits to 'fill' in the radical ends of the newly split molecule.