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Calcium Chloride crystals?

BeerChloride - 13-10-2006 at 04:23

I went to my garage to get my used "damp rid" moisture remover to go ahead and purify some, when I found that my work had already been done for me. It had already crystalized - must have been growing for weeks.



I was wondering if anyone knew if these are CaCl2 hexahydrate crystals? I would guess that they are the most hydrated crystal form. Just curious. They were growing in the deliquescent solution that was previously completely liquified.

YT2095 - 13-10-2006 at 05:50

it Looks like the .6H2O as they appear to be hexagonal, the .2H2O is a tetragonal crystal.
I have no listing for the other forms, other than the CaCl2 itself and that`s Orthorhombic.