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Mona Ohara asked in Science & Mathematics Chemistry · 9 years ago

Can you buy NaCl, CaCl2, and AlCl3 in stores?

I know NaCl is table salt you can buy them at the grocery store, but what about calcium chloride and aluminum chloride?

Update:

Thank you for the tip about reacting different chemicals, but is there any place where I could buy plain CaCl2 and AlCl3, without mixing things?

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9 years ago
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You could make them yourself. For CaCl2, it is usually found in desiccants (yes, those plastic desiccant containers which list CaCl2 as ingredient), or by reacting lime with HCl (from hardware stores). Aluminum Chloride can be formed from the reaction between Aluminum foil and HCl.
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