Re: Copper Sulfate, Calcium Chloride, Aluminium, what happened?

Dan Akers wrote:

madalch@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote; "Or the CaCl2 simply absorbed moisture from the air, thus making the
aluminum damp. This allowed the copper sulphate to dissolve and attack
the aluminum."
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Re:
Thanks, that's what I suspected and it does make sense... I will try it
again in a more controlled manner in the near future as I am curious as
to what the gas (the sizzle that I heard) being liberated was; chlorine?
hydrogen? 

Hydrogen.
Once the oxide barrier has been removed Al dissolves quite readily in water.

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