Question Anhydrous Aluminum Chloride Through Amalgam?

[Blammo]

I know the amalgam makes the oxide layer essentially be removed, but eould that allow aluminum to react with very dry HCl to produce anhydrous aluminum chloride?

 

[Blammo]

I meant chlorine gas.

And actually, could one do aluminum bromide with hbr, then dehydrate it, or is it like aluminum chloride that cant be dehydrated, must be made anhydrously?

 

[Osmosis Vanderwaal]

It cant be dehytdrated in any normal ways but there ways to make that arent too hard. its $12 or something on Amazon