A kinetic study on the gas-phase hydrolysis of AlCl 3 was carried out in a 0.5 L batch reactor in the temperature range 150−210 °C with varying AlCl 3 and H 2 O concentrations. The concentrations of HCl produced from the hydrolysis were measured with time during the hydrolysis that lasted for 300 s. An overall rate equation involving four kinetic parameters was proposed:A, E, α, and β were determined to be 1.85 × 10 9 L 2.27 /mol 2.27 •s, 35.8 kJ/mol, 2.27, and 873.7 L/mol, respectively, by nonlinear regression to best fit measured HCl concentrations. The kinetics of the first elimination of chlorine was compared between experimental data and prediction based on transition state theory. The rate equation proposed in this study may be useful for the design and simulation of a reactor for producing alumina particles by gas-phase hydrolysis of aluminum chloride.