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so the original solution was a nitric solution? tin should have presented as metastannic acid which is insoluble and should not dissolve in hcl.

quote : I decided to try an experiment, I put the foils and tin chloride in a beaker with a bit of water... Rather than incinerate to denoxx and destroy the nitric I added a few lye crystals

[QUOTE="Geo, post: 129934, member: 16722"] so the original solution was a nitric solution? tin should have presented as metastannic acid which is insoluble and should not dissolve in hcl. quote : I decided to try an experiment, I put the foils and tin chloride in a beaker with a bit of water... Rather than incinerate to denoxx and destroy the nitric I added a few lye crystals [/QUOTE]

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