What happens to #BaCl_2*2H_2O# on heating?

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anor277
Oct 20, 2017

Would we not assume that the water is driven off?

Explanation:

#BaCl_2*2H_2O(s)stackrel(Delta)rarrBaCl_2(s) + 2H_2O(g)uarr#

The isolation and handling of anhydrous metal salts are no mean undertakings. Water usually interferes in most reactions, and inorganic chemists go to great and sometimes painstaking lengths to produce and store anhydrous metal salts.

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