Amos
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Niche uses for Sodium Sulfate?
I've recently been making cheap bulk amounts of magnesium carbonate by mixing solutions of sodium carbonate and magnesium sulfate(Epsom salts). Once
I've filtered off the insoluble magnesium carbonate, I neutralize any leftover aqueous sodium carbonate with sulfuric acid and recrystallize sodium
sulfate from the solution. I was just wondering if anybody on the site had found any interesting applications of sodium sulfate (other than the ones
you can find on Wikipedia). I'm not trying to do anything particular with it; merely curious and intent on having a waste-less lab.
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http://www.sodiumsulfate.org/Sodium-Sulfate-Uses.html
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Wow, who knew that such a place as "sodiumsulfate.org" would exist.
The internet is a fascinating place!
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Quote: Originally posted by zts16  | Wow, who knew that such a place as "sodiumsulfate.org" would exist.
The internet is a fascinating place! |
I'm just hoping there aren't any rule-34-compliant sites about sodium sulphate.
Please remember: "Filtrate" is not a verb.
Write up your lab reports the way your instructor wants them, not the way your ex-instructor wants them.
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| Quote: Originally posted by zts16 | Wow, who knew that such a place as "sodiumsulfate.org" would exist.
The internet is a fascinating place! |
high google search volume, low competition, easy to rank it in google and make sweet sweet advertizing cash.
hmm, sodium carbonate.org is also a similar site
I believe the rule states that as you have now thought of it, it exists.
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Thanks for the site, I am equally shocked that the site exists. That being said, those are all the same uses discussed on Wikipedia; I'm looking more
to use it as a reagent for the synthesis of other chemicals. Not entirely sure about this, but would I be able to electrolyze a solution of sodium
sulfate with copper electrodes to make copper sulfate in solution? I'm not super well-read on electrochemistry, but I have a feeling that may work.
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I guarantee there are at least images.
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It won't be simple to make copper sulfate from sodium sulfate. At the anode Cu2+ ions would be produced and at the cathode H2
and OH- would be produced. The copper ions will react with the hydroxide giving an overall equation of Cu + Na2SO4 +
2H2O --> Cu(OH)2 + H2 + Na2SO4. This copper hydroxide could be filtered and reacted with sulfuric acid
I suppose, but it would be much simpler to just electrolyze sulfuric acid with copper electrodes.
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| Quote: Originally posted by zts16 | Wow, who knew that such a place as "sodiumsulfate.org" would exist.
The internet is a fascinating place! |
I always liked this one.
http://www.h2so4today.com/
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