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[ISSUE] - Free Extra Hydrogen in hydrogensilesquioxane

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You get free hydrogen in the hydrogensilesquioxane process.

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This recipe makes 12 HCl and requires 4 trichlorosilane. However, 4 trichlorosilane requires 3 HCl:

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But each trichlorosilane gives 2 hydrogen, as shown above. Conceivably, you could say that the hydrogen is coming from the water, I guess.

actually yeah that's where the hydrogen is coming from jk ignore me

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just kidding the hydrogen comes from the water