I am planning to do electrolysis of H2ONaCl (mainly for the purpose of obtaining Na and Cl separately) and I was wondering after separating the compound into H2Na and OCl, how would I separate H2Na?
2007-03-22 04:25:14 · 4 answers · asked by id_ram 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
If you want to obtain Na and Cl separately, you can't have ANY H2O present. You must melt the NaCl by itself at temperatures of many thousands of degrees and then electrolyse it. This is actually the manner in which Sodium metal is obtained. (if you electrolyse salt water, you will get H2 and Cl2, leaving NaOH).
2007-03-22 04:35:56 · answer #1 · answered by Sciencenut 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
NaCl is sodium chloride, H2O is water. While there are combinations of Na, Cl, O and H the formula you gave is not one. If you run a current through salt water you will get H2 and O2 at the 2 electrodes. If you run a current through molten NaCl you can get the Na and the Cl2.
H2Na does not exist. sodium hydride would be NaH
There are several oxides of Cl2
2007-03-22 04:34:17 · answer #2 · answered by science teacher 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
what you will really be doing is an electrolysis of NaCl. The water is just a medium for this reaction to take place. The only major products will be Na and Cl2. Water will mostly remain in the form H2O.
2007-03-22 04:45:46 · answer #3 · answered by xox_bass_player_xox 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Are you sure that are the products of this reaction. I dont recall seeing H2 Na, before.
2007-03-22 04:30:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋