cnidocyte
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Products of electrolysis of brine
Would I be right in assuming that after the chlorine ions are converted to Cl2 gas that the Na+ ions are reduced by the electrical current producing
Na which then reacts with the water to form NaOH?
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no , you only get NaOH in a membrane cell, if the cell is simple you get a solution of sodium hypochlorite (if the temperature is low). at
temperatures above 40 C hypochlorite disproportionates to chlorate and chloride.
I have made lots of chlorate electrolytically, and for me graphite anodes has worked really well .
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Intersting stuff, thanks for informing me about that. I took a glance at the wiki page on NaClO and spotted this
| Quote: | | Near the end of the nineteenth century, E. S. Smith patented a method of hypochlorite production involving hydrolysis of brine to produce caustic soda
and chlorine gas which then mix to form hypochlorite. |
now I get it.
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