Question
What happens when:
(i) Steam is passed over red hot coke at 1273 K
(ii) Water is added to Cl2O7
(iii) Water is added to bismuth chloride
(iv) Water is added to silicon tetrachloride?
Solution
(i) Water gas is formed
(ii) Perchloric acid is formed
(iii) Bismuth oxychloride is formed
(iv) Silicon dioxide is formed.