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Why is an electric current needed to form sodium and chlorine from the sodium chloride solution?
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∙ 11y ago
This may be a trick question, electrolyis of a sodium chloride solution produces chlorine at the anode but does not produce sodium at the cathode. Electrolysis of molten sodium chloride does however produce sodium and chlorine.
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Is sodium chloride is a good insulator of electric current?
Yes Sodium Chlorine is a good insulator because there is not lose electrons to participate in the current flow
What conditions is magnesium bromide able to conduct an electric current?
Being an ionic compound magnesium chloride is dissociated in solution.
A substance will conduct an electric current if it?
A substance will conduct an electric current if it forms ions in solution. A solute that produces ions in solution is an Electrolyte. An Electrolytic Solution is a solution that conducts electricity.
Is aqueous sodium chloride is a good conductor of electric current?
Yes, aqueous sodium chloride solution is a good conductor of electricity. Since, it is an ionic salt, when dissolved in water it dissociates into ions and thus the free ions conduct electricity.
A solution or substance that conducts an electric current?
This is an electrolyte.
What happens when electric current is passed through fused sodium chloride?
During this electrolysis are obtained chlorine and sodium.
Is chlorine an electrolyte?
Yes, Sodium hypochlorite is a fine ionic compound. It will pass an electric current.
Is sodium chloride is a good insulator of electric current?
Yes Sodium Chlorine is a good insulator because there is not lose electrons to participate in the current flow
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.
How do you create or make chlorine?
You can separate chlorine from common table salt by running an electric current through molten sodium chloride, which has a melting point of 801°C.
What conditions is magnesium bromide able to conduct an electric current?
Being an ionic compound magnesium chloride is dissociated in solution.
How do you obtain sodium metal?
Passing electric current through solid sodium chloride - itis melted and electrolysed, forming chlorine and sodium metal.
Is an electric current conducted by a solution of sodium chloride?
Solid sodium chloride is not an electrolyte.Sodium chloride in water solutions or molten sodium chloride are electrolytes.
A substance will conduct an electric current if it?
A substance will conduct an electric current if it forms ions in solution. A solute that produces ions in solution is an Electrolyte. An Electrolytic Solution is a solution that conducts electricity.
Why is sodium chloride a better conductor of electricity in molten state than in solid state?
In solid table salt (sodium chloride or NaCl), the atoms of sodium and chlorine are locked to each other in ionic bonds, and these molecules are, in turn, locked into a crystal matrix. There are no "free electrons" in this structure that are available to support the flow of electric current. That's why salt in its solid form won't conduct electricity. It's a different story when sodium chloride is in aqueous solution or is molten. In solution, salt molecules will dissociate. They will "decompose" into ions of sodium and chlorine, what are Na+ and Cl- as we write them in chemistry. These ions have mobility in the solution, and if we stick a pair of electrodes into a salt solution and hook up a battery, we can get current flow through the solution. The ions themselves will be the charge carriers, and salt water is a conductor or an electrolyte. If we melt sodium chloride, it will undergo thermal dissociation. The heat of fusion (standard enthalpy of fusion) is sufficient to again cause the molecules of salt to "decompose" into those ions we spoke of, and the ions will be mobile in the molten salt like they are when salt is in solution. Molten salt will conduct electricity.
Is aqueous sodium chloride is a good conductor of electric current?
Yes, aqueous sodium chloride solution is a good conductor of electricity. Since, it is an ionic salt, when dissolved in water it dissociates into ions and thus the free ions conduct electricity.
What is a solution or substance that conducts an electric current?
It is an electrolyte.
