On two new compounds of chlorine and carbon, and on a new compound of iodine, carbon, and hydrogen
After some general observations respecting the action of chlorine upon compounds containing carbon, and more especially upon car-buretted hydrogen gas, Mr. Faraday details the processes by which he succeeded in obtaining two binary compounds of carbon and chlorine; the first, which he calls perchlor...
| Published in: | Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
1833
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1815.0142 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1815.0142 |
| Summary: | After some general observations respecting the action of chlorine upon compounds containing carbon, and more especially upon car-buretted hydrogen gas, Mr. Faraday details the processes by which he succeeded in obtaining two binary compounds of carbon and chlorine; the first, which he calls perchloride of carbon, was formed by exposing the triple compound of carbon, hydrogen, and chlorine, with excess of chlorine, to the agency of the direct solar rays; muriatic acid was formed, and a white crystalline compound at the same time generated. The author next describes the method of purifying this compound, and details its properties, which are briefly these:—it forms crystals, which appear to result from a primitive octahedron; it does not conduct electricity; it is slowly volatile, like camphor, at common temperatures, fusing at 320°, and boiling at 360°. It is not easily combustible; but when retained in the flame of the lamp; produces a red flame, with the formation of muriatic acid; it is insoluble in water, and readily soluble in alcohol, ether, and oils; and nearly insoluble in acids. When heated with several metallic peroxides it is decomposed with the production of carbonic acid, and a metallic perchloride. The author describes several experiments made with a view to ascertain the proportions in which the carbon and chlorine exist in this compound, from which it appears, that as one volume of olefiant gas requires five volumes of chlorine for its conversion into muriatic acid and this new chloride, and as four volumes of muriatic acid are formed, so three volumes of chlorine must unite to two of carbon to form the solid chloride. |
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