Titanium tetrachloride + baptize agitated reaction Video Clips.
Some moisture sensitive inorganic compounds react extremely vigorously with water in the atmosphere forming undesirable products. For this reason they are usually handled in an inert atmosphere and/or under vacuum. In the start of this video the liquid - titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) - releases a white vapor of highly corrosive hydrogen chloride from the open flask as moist air from the room flows into it. The liquid is discarded after a successful inert atmosphere reduced pressure distillation by quenching the highly reactive material in a bucket of ice-water. The fume hood and filter system take care of the large quantities of corrosive HCl vapor that are released. All other items which have been in contact with the TiCl4 must also be placed into the ice-water, including all the glassware used in the distillation. It was noted that the pH of the water in the bucket was less than 0.5 by the end of the clean up. Historically, TiCl4 (titanium tetrachloride) has been used in naval warfare to hide ships in a plume of white 'smoke' so they can make a quick getaway.
Keywords: moisture, air, sensitive, inorganic, compounts, ticl4, titanium, tetrachloride, water, reaction, violent, reduced, pressure, inert, atmosphere, distillation, chemistry, science, laboratory, fume, hood
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