What happens if you mix battery acid with bleach?

Answer 1

Well, the reaction between Sulfuric acid and Sodium chloride is well known

H2SO4 + NaCl -> Na2SO4 + HCl

This reaction is used very commonly as a viable source of Hydrogen chloride and sodium sulphate

Sodium hypochlorite is NaOCl, so the reaction with sulphuric acid 'should' go more like this:

H2SO4 + NaOCl -> Na2SO4 + HCl + SO2

Note that mixing Sulfuric acid and Bleach produces some extremely dangerous products. HCl and SO2 are toxic, and in the case any further reactions take place - say if Thionoyl chloride is produced in the reaction, it could mean one's life as some of these are extremely toxic. Take every precaution and don't breathe any of the fumes or let any of the liquids/mists touch your skin/clothes!

it is not mustard gas though, which is Cl2 (what you get when you mix bleach and ammonia)

Answer 2

Mixing battery acid (sulfuric acid) with bleach (sodium hypochlorite) can produce chlorine gas, which is highly toxic when inhaled. This reaction can release harmful fumes and heat, posing a serious health hazard. It is important to never mix these chemicals together.

Answer 3

Bleach is a powerful oxidizer. This is how it is able to whiten clothes: bleach oxidizes chromophores, making them white.Gasoline, of course, needs oxygen to burn. When you add a powerful oxidizer like bleach to a powerful fuel like gasoline, you get a potent mix. It creates dangerously unstable peroxides, and if you light it, watch out for the big boom (particularly if you have it spread out over a large area). Hint: if you are going for a big boom, then put the bleach in a bowl, and let it evaporate outside. The powder left behind is an immensely powerful oxidizing agent. Just don't let any contaminants get into it. Mix that with fuel, and BOOM! Nearly burned my face off when I did that...

Answer 4

Lye is a corrosive alkaline substance, commonly sodium hydroxide (NaOH, also known as 'caustic soda').

It will very vigorously and exothermically react with sulfuric acid. Never try this!!

Be very very very careful, it even is very very dangerous to try to stop this with water: it immediately boils off (explosively), and at contact your skin is irreparably burnt to black within seconds!

Answer 5

If you mix Bleach and vinegar together than it creates a gas. If you breath that gas it can kill you.

Answer 6

I would assume a highly unstable chemical reaction will occur, thus producing a toxic vapor that will prove fatal if you were to have prolonged exposure to the gas.

Answer 7

it makes chlorine gas dont look at these answers you can edit them

Answer 8

Depends what kind of acid

Answer 9

You get chlorine gas which will kill you.

Answer 10

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