"Steve Peterson" wrote in message
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The first reaction isn't balanced, where did the O go? The explanation
says Al reacts with water; where is that reaction? No problem with the
second rxn, but it produces water, rather than reacting with it.



Read for understanding. Note the sodium tetrahydroxoaluminate product.
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives...1850.Ch.r.html

Note also the amount of water bound in the chlorhydrate in the second.
That's a reaction, too.

Reactions with acids are slowed because of the self-protective coat of oxide
that makes aluminum so useful in exposure to the elements and carbonic acid
(Pepsi). That's why I said you wanted (K)(Na)OH for punch in Hydrogen
production.