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This cannot be done, the chlorine ions are so reactive that they combine with the water molecules forming hydrochloric acid before they could combine to form chlorine and leave the salt water.
The chlorine can only be physically separated by molten salt electrolysis (in the total absence of water, in the presence of water it can only be chemically exchanged for another element and the chlorine will remain in another compound still dissolved in the water).
The question as worded asked about separation (perhaps the wording was unintentionally ambiguous).
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 7y agoYou can replace the chloride ion in salt (NaCl), but some other anion has to take it's place. And it is NOT true the the Cl reacts with water to form HCl, because NaCl forms a neutral solution when placed in water. To replace the Cl- anion, you could use an anion exchange resin.
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What is an example of a hydrous salt?
An example of a hygroscopic salt would be calcium chloride, a salt that absorbs water from the atmosphere to form a saturated solution
Does salt water have sodium chloride?
Yes. Sodium and chloride are the most abundant ions in sea salt.
How do you get salt out of a water and salt solutions?
After the evaporation of water crystallized sodium chloride is obtained.
How does sodium chloride salt differ from water Answer this in chemical terms?
Sodium chloride is a salt - NaCl.Water is an oxide -H2O.
How is electrolysis used to separate salt water?
Its the chlorine and bromine (or the halogens) that make the seawater salty. Basically, electrolysis is used to separate seawater from chlorine. This is used by passing an electric current through a solution of sodium chloride (salt) in water. The solution conducts electricity because sodium chloride is an ionic compound. So then there is a reaction and it gets separated.Its short but hope this helped.
What is it called when you separate a solution?
Salt (sodium chloride) can be separated from water after the evaporation of water.
How is table salt produced from seawater how do you separate table salt from mother liquor magnesium chloride?
You can separate the salt from the water. You need a special machine to separate salt from the water. but its very hard to do. I hope i answered your Question.
How can you separate salt and iron shaving?
Sodium chloride is soluble in water and the solution is filtered.
What about salt water?
Salt water is a water solution of sodium chloride.
How do you separate sulfur sodium chloride and water?
the salt(sodium chloride) wiil dissolve when put in water along with the rest of the mixture, leaving the sulfur all alone.
Can you separate the table salt from the water by ordinary mechanical means?
No; only after the evaporation of water sodium chloride crystals are obtained.
How can you separate ammonium chloride from salt?
By sublimation
How do you separate chalk and salt?
Assuming you mean common salt, sodium chloride the two can be adding water which will dissolve the salt- filter to separate the chalk, wash and dry it. To recover the salt- Take the dissolved salt, carefully heat to boil off the water and then it let it cool to crystallize out the salt.
How you separate common salt and ammonium chloride?
Simply evaporate the ammonium chloride and the common salt will be left behind
Is sodium chloride a solvent in salt water?
No, sodium chloride is the solute and water is the solvent in salt water
Can dissolved salt separate into sodium and chloride when it has electrical current running through it?
Sodium Chloride dissolved in water will form sodium but sodium reacts with water to form sodium hydroxide, molten sodium chloride will do it .
How does boiling separate salt from water?
By boiling water is evaporated and salt remain as crystals.
