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Hello,I need to make stannous chloride for a year 12 prac test, it is supposed to be clear however it is very murky,I read up on the fact that it hydrolises with water and forms a basic insoluble salt so I need to dilute it with HCL to which I added equal amounts of the 0.1 M stannous chloride to 0.1 HCL, nothing has happened can anyone please shed some light on the correct preparation of this.I need 4 litres of it !!

I have never made this up, but mine old book says

" Tin II Chloride Anhydrous 225.65 0.1M 22.6g in 100ml conc HCL then add about 900ml of distilled water to make it up too 1 Litre" "Add a few pieces of clean Tin"

thankyou.Works great.