jiexiang88
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Sodium Acetate decomposition
What is the products of the thermal decomposition of sodium acetate? I googled but can't seem to find any answers?!?! Help pls thank you lol.
[Edited on 15-2-2015 by jiexiang88]
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Thermal decomposition of this product produces irritating vapors and toxic gases (e.g.
carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and oxides of sodium....from here.....
http://www.chemone.com/default/msds/Sodium%20Acetate%20Trihy...
When heated you might get methane, though I am not sure. logic suggests that NaOH might well be one by-product when acetate is heated because you
can't isolate Na metal it has to become an oxide or hydroxide, hence a bit of methane might be possible because you can make methane from NaOH and
sodium acetate.
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You might get some acetone out of it.
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Thanks for the replies  .
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