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When molten sodium chloride is electrolysed the product at cathode is?
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sodium metal is deposited at the cathode.
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Electrolytes of molten sodium chloride gives this product at cathode?
Sodium is obtained at the cathode.
What is produced when sodium chloride is electrolysed?
Electrolysis of molten sodium chloride: the products are sodium and chlorine. Electrolysis of sodium chloride solution: the products are hydrogen and chlorine.
What is seen at the anode when a solution of copper chloride is electrolysed?
In MOLTEN zinc chloride, At the cathode: Zn2+ + 2e- --> Zn(s) At the anode: 2Cl- --> Cl2(g) + 2e- In CONCENTRATED aqueous zinc chloride solution, At the cathode: 2H+ + 2e- --> H2(g) At the anode: 2Cl- --> Cl2(g) + 2e- (Zinc is not formed as it's Enaught value is very negative. Chlorine is still formed though.) In dilute (less than 5%) squeous zinc chloride solution, At the cathode: 2H+ + 2e- --> H2(g) At the anode: 2O2- --> O2(g) + 4e-
How do scientists separate the sodium out of sodium chloride?
When a mixture of 42% NaCl and 58% CaCl2 is electrolysed in Down'cell pure molten sodium metal is obtained.
What are the products of electrolysisof molten sodium chloride?
Sodium metal at the cathode, chlorine gas at the anode
What happens when electricity is passed through sodium chloride?
Sodium is deposited at the cathode and chloride gas is evolved at the anode when electricity is passed through molten sodium chloride.
What is the structure of molten sodium chloride?
In molten sodium chloride the free moving particles are Na+ and Cl- ions, during electrolysis sodium ion moves towards cathode and chloride ion towards anode.
What happens when molten salts is electrolysed?
Electrolysis of molten sodium chloride: yield sodium and chlorine.Electrolysis of sodium chloride water solution: yield hydrogen, sodium hydroxide and chlorine.
What is the main product in the electrolysis of molten sodium chloride?
Sodium and chlorine are obtained.
Why alumina is electrolysed in molten state?
In solid state, Aluminium and oxide ions are immobile. When aluminum oxide is melt down,aluminum and oxide ions become free and they can easily migrate to respecve electrodes. Therefore, aluminum oxide is electrolysed in molten state.
What is the product of electroysis of sodium chloride?
Molten sodium chloride: sodium and chlorine. Aqeous solution of NaCl: sodium hydroxide and hydrogen.
Why is hydrogen collected at cathode instead of sodium during the electrolysis of sodium chloride?
When an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide is electrolyzed, hydrogen is produced at the cathode because hydrogen can be produced at a lower voltage than can sodium, and the supply of hydrogen from the water of the solution is sufficient to consume all the current supplied. When molten sodium chloride is electrolyzed, however, sodium is produced at the cathode.
