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Anhydrous aluminium chloride, which is pale yellow, reacts with water to give a solution containing the colourless hexaquaaluminium complex ion.

The solution has a pH of about 3.
AlCl3
  +  
6
H2O
         
[Al(H2O)6]3+
  +  
3
Cl–
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
Hydrolysis

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